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
Irish art historian and novelist
Despite never holding an academic post Dame Cicely Veronica Wedgwood was a well known and respected historian and public intellectual.
Sally Sainsbury established herself a leader in the field of disability and social policy in the UK.
Eileen Younghusband’s career in social work education began in the 1930s and continued till her death in 1981.
Irish ethnomusicologist
Irish archaeologist and antiquary
Alison Patrick was a world leader in the history of the French Revolution.