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Appendix 4. Some Notable Women Students, 1941–1960

311 Appendix 4 Some Notable Women Students, 1941–1960 Women are listed alphabetically by college, their names followed by the year (when known) in which they entered college. Lady Margaret Hall Sarah Bradford, 1956 (b. 1938), a historian and biographer, has written a number of biographies of well-known people, carefully researched books that are full of painstaking detail. Gwendoline Butler, 1944 (b. 1922), who also writes as Jennie Melville, has published more than seventy-five books. She specializes in mysteries of several types—police procedurals, historical mysteries, and gothic thrillers—and has been praised for her superb storytelling. Juliet Campbell, 1954 (b. 1935), joined the Foreign Service in 1957 and served in Europe and Asia. From 1988 to 1991, she was ambassador to Luxembourg. In 1992, she was elected Mistress of Girton College, retiring in 1998. She was made CMG in 1988. Caryl Churchill, 1957 (b. 1938), began writing plays while at Oxford and developed into one of the leading dramatists of her generation. In her plays for radio, television, and the theatre, she often addresses social and political issues from a radical and feminist viewpoint that is infused with wit. Sylvia Clayton, 1943 (1926–1994), was a translator, free-lance journalist, television critic for the Daily Telegraph, and novelist. One of her novels, The Romans, won the Guardian prize for fiction in 1975. Albinia (Tilly) De La Mare, 1951 (1932–2001), was an assistant librarian in Oxford’s Bodleian Library from 1964 to 1988. From 1989 to 1997, she was a professor of paleography at London University. She was elected to the British Academy in 1987 and was appointed OBE in 1993. Antonia Fraser, 1950 (b. 1932), the daughter of Elizabeth Longford, has written acclaimed and popular biographies of prominent historical figures, including Mary, Queen of Scots (1969), which won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for biography. She has also written bestselling contemporary mystery novels. She is married to the distinguished playwright Harold Pinter. Teresa Hayter, 1958 (b. 1940), joined the Overseas Development Institute in 1963 and has written on development issues. She is also a dedicated antiracist campaigner and an activist for refugees’ rights and for an end to immigration controls. She is the author of Open Borders: The Case against Immigration Controls (2000). Irene Hindmarsh, 1942 (b. 1923), entered the teaching profession after college. In 1970, she was selected to be principal of St. Aidan’s College, University of Durham, and acted as pro-vice-chancellor of the University of Durham between 1982 and 1985, retiring in 1988. Hermione Hobhouse, 1951 (b. 1934), an 312 Her Oxford architectural historian, wrote the 1971 award-winning biography Thomas Cubitt: Master Builder. In Lost London (1971), Thomas Lask of the New York Times writes that “her passionate scorn and contempt for what she calls ‘official vandalism’ should blanch the cheek of every bureaucrat.”1 She was appointed OBE in 1981. Sheila Innes, 1949 (b. 1931), joined the BBC in 1955 as a radio producer for the World Service. She was head of BBC Continuing Education between 1977 and 1984 and became controller of BBC Education Broadcasting in 1984, serving in that position until 1987. She acts as a media and education consultant. Mary Keen, 1959 (b. 1940), is a garden designer, writer, and lecturer who has written gardening columns for several British newspapers. She has undertaken many large private commissions and designed the gardens for the Glyndebourne Opera House. Fiona MacCarthy, 1958 (b. 1940), is a journalist, biographer, design historian, and associate editor of the Dictionary of National Biography. She won the Wolfson History Prize in 1994 for her biography of William Morris. She holds fellowships in the Royal College of Art and in the Royal Society of Literature. Sujata Manohar, 1954 (b. 1934), began practicing as a lawyer in the Bombay High Court in 1958, when it was rare to see women barristers. She rose to become the first woman judge in the Bombay High Court and the chief justice of Kerala. In 1994, she became the only woman judge on the Supreme Court of India. She is also a member of the National Human Rights Commission and an honorary fellow of LMH. Barbara Mills, 1959 (b. 1940), was called to the Bar in 1963 and became Queen’s Counsel in 1986. From 1992 to 1998, she had the distinction of serving as the first woman director of public prosecutions. She then became the adjudicator for the Inland Revenue and Customs and Excise and was appointed DBE...