Eleanor Mildred Sidgwick
Eleanor Mildred Sidgwick , called Nora, née Balfour, (born March 11, 1845 in East Lothian , † February 10, 1936 ) was a British champion for women's education and a leading figure in the Society for Psychical Research.
She was the daughter of James Maitland Balfour and Blanche Harriet and sister of Arthur Balfour , who later became Prime Minister of Britain . Sidgwick received private tuition, particularly in mathematics, for which she showed a great affinity. She studied at Newnham College of Cambridge University and married in 1876 Henry Sidgwick , who founded in 1871 the Newnham College for women (the second college in Cambridge for women after Girton College ) and with whom she campaigned for women's education. They were successful in being admitted to examinations, but not in granting academic degrees. In 1880 she became vice principal and after the death of principal Anne Clough in 1892 principal of Newnham College, which she remained until 1910. She also taught mathematics there. In 1894 she became a member of the state's Bryce Commission for Higher Education. In 1916 she moved from Cambridge to near Woking , where she lived with one of her brothers until her death (her husband had died in 1900).
As a student, Sidgwick was involved in experiments by John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh , on electrical conductivity. Strutt was her brother-in-law, husband of her sister Evelyn Georgiana Mary Balfour. She continued her inclination to experimental physics as President (from 1908) of the Society for Psychical Research (founded in 1882 by Henry Sidgwick), which studied paranormal phenomena. In 1932 she became honorary president of the society.
literature
- Ethel Sidgwick Mrs. Henry Sidgwick , London 1936
- Helen Fowler Eleanor Mildred Sidgwick 1845-1936 , in Edward Shils, Carmen Blacker (Editor) Cambridge Women. Twelve Portraits , Cambridge 1996
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| SURNAME | Sidgwick, Eleanor Mildred |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British suffragette |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 11, 1845 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | East Lothian |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 10, 1936 |