About Jane Kenrick
Lived 1944 – 1988 (aged 43). Jane Kenrick was an academic.
Jane Elizabeth Kenrick (20 November 1946 – 11 August 1988) was an Oxford-educated British academic who specialised in subjects relating to women.
Career Kenrick was a committed socialist, devoted to many causes, including active support to cleaners at Addenbrooke's Hospital during their strike in opposition to privatisation, in 1984.
Recognition Kenrick was one of the woman featured in John Berger's TV series, Ways of Seeing (1972) along with Anya Bostock, Eva Figes, Barbara Niven and Carola Moon.
An archive of Kenrick's papers can be found in Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge. As editor: Friendship & The Greek City by Gabriel Herman
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Who was Jane Kenrick?
British academic (1944-1988)
When was Jane Kenrick born?
Jane Kenrick was born on 20 November 1944.
When did Jane Kenrick die?
Jane Kenrick died on 11 August 1988.
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Jane Kenrick was an academic.
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