Medieval People
Medieval People
By Eileen Power
Eileen Edna LePoer Power was born in Atrincham, Cheshire, England on January 9,1889. Power attended Girton College and the Sorbonne. She was described as "an unconventional woman for her time" one example of this is her open criticism of the foreign policy of Britain and active membership in the Union of Democratic Control (Berg). "Powers was Director of History at Girton College from 1913-21, Lecturer in Political Science at the London School of Economics 1921-24, and Reader of the University of London 1924-31, then returning to the London School of Economics as Professor of Economic History in 1931" (Berg). In 1927, Power founded the Economic History Review and in 1933 with, William Beveridge, started the Academic Freedom Committee that "helped academics fleeing for Nazi Germany" (Berg). In 1937, Power married a fellow historian Michael Postan and a year later became Professor of Economic History at Cambridge University. Mrs. Power, at the age......
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