Jane Kenrick
British academic

Jane Kenrick

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British academic
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Female
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20 November 1944
Death:
11 August 1988
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Introduction

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.