1921
Eileen Power

Eileen Power (1889-1940) was a Shaw research student at LSE between 1911-13. She joined staff in 1921 and gained her chair in Economic History in 1931. In 1926 she helped to bring about the Economic History Society, and she founded the Economic History Review in 1927. She was a member of the Academic Freedom Committee Beveridge established at the School in May 1933 as LSE responded to the needs of refugee academics. Her public lectures continued the nineteenth-century tradition of the lecture as an intellectual and political forum. She was a wonderful speaker, and her spoken eloquence used to fascinate her audience. In the eyes of former students, Eileen Power had opened their eyes to the varieties of political life, understanding, and tolerance. Gifted with considerable intellect and an attractive personality, she was an active and much loved figure among staff and students alike. She died suddenly in 1940 during the School's wartime evacuation at Peterhouse College, Cambridge. Works include Studies in English trade in the fifteenth century (Ed.)(1933) and Tudor Economic Documents (1924). Her The Wool Trade in English Medieval History (1941) was an important contribution to the subject