In 1907 the LSE Students’ Union elected its first woman President, also known as the Chairman of the Common Rooms Committee. Ellen Marianne Leonard (1866-1953) was a 41 year old historian who had been connected to LSE since 1896. During her time at LSE Ellen produced two publications. In 1900 she published The Early History of English Poor Relief dedicated to William Cunningham.
British suffragist and pacifist
British anthropologist whose honours included a CBE for her work in Uganda, election to the British Academy, and the Presidency of the Royal Anthropological Institute.
In 1898, she published The Wages of London Vestry Employees in the Economic Journal.
Edith Morley was a scholar in English literature, the first woman appointed to a Chair in a British university level institution
Women’s rights activist and former Labour Member of Parliament for Northampton North
For 32 years Ragnhild Hatton was a member of the International History Department at London School of Economics as a historian and teacher of the 17th and 18th centuries.
Collet was an educational trailblazer from her earliest days having attended the North London Collegiate School for Girls, an influential and important school which treated girls’ education seriously and taught topics usually only reserved for boys.
The first woman to appear in the list of teachers in the London School of Economics Calendar is Gertrude Tuckwell in the School’s second year.
British economic historian