7 March 2024
International Women’s Day 2024: Poem published for the centenary of St Hugh’s Principal Eleanor Jourdain’s death
On the eve of International Women's Day, St Hugh's is celebrating the life of one of its most influential women in the College's history, Eleanor Jourdain (1863-1924) with a poem, written by St Hugh's Bursar, Gareth Prior. The poem, which explores two of the most famous episodes in St Hugh’s history, has been published in a leading journal in time for the centenary of the death of Eleanor Jourdain.
Jourdain, who was Principal from 1915 until her death in office, was a scholar of French and ...
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