Christine Burrows

Christine Burrows
Christine Burrows, from an 1894 source.
Born	4 January 1872 Chipping Norton
Died	10 September 1959 Oxford
Nationality	British
Occupation	College principal

Christine Mary Elizabeth Burrows (4 January 1872 – 10 September 1959) was a British academic administrator who the second Principal of St Hilda's College, Oxford, from 1910 to 1919 and the second Principal of St Anne's College, Oxford, from 1921 to 1929.

Early life

She was born in Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire on 4 January 1872^[1] and educated at Cheltenham Ladies’ College. The daughter of Esther Elizabeth Burrows and Henry Parker Burrows;^[1] her father, a businessman, died before she was born and her mother was the first principal of St Hilda's.^[2]

She began studying history at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford but had to postpone her studies when her mother took up her role at St Hilda's in 1893. She continued her studies as a Home-Student and completed her exams in 1894. As women students could not earn degrees from Oxford at the time, she did not receive her MA until 1921.^[3]

Career

Burrows became a History tutor at St Hilda's in 1894 and Vice Principal in 1895.^[3] She succeeded her mother as Principal in 1910^[4] but resigned from the position in 1919 to care for her ailing mother.^[1]

In 1920, she and five others represented the British Federation of University Women at the International Federation of University Women meeting in London.^[5]

In 1921, she became Principal of the Society of Oxford Home-Students (now St Anne's College, Oxford) as she could continue her caring duties alongside the role while living at home.^[4]^[3]

In 1926, she served as principal of an Oxford summer course for over 200 American women students.^[6] In 1929, she again resigned her position to care for her mother, who died in 1935. ^{[citation needed]}

In her retirement, Burrows served on a committee of the Church of England on the place of women in the church and wrote a history of St. Hilda's College.^[1]

Death

Burrows died at St Luke's Home, Linton Road, Oxford, on 10 September 1959. Following a funeral at St Giles' Church, Oxford, her body was cremated.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Butler, R. F.; Rayner, Margaret E. (8 October 2009). "Burrows, Christine Mary Elizabeth (1872–1959)". In Rayner, Margaret E (ed.). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/32198. Retrieved 14 December 2018. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "BURROWS (née BLISS), Esther Elizabeth". The Badsey Society. 1915-03-18. Retrieved 2017-01-15.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Christine Burrows (1872-1959)". St Anne's College, Oxford. Archived from the original on 2019-10-13. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Founder and Principals". St. Hilda's, Oxford. Archived from the original on 2017-01-27. Retrieved 2017-01-15.
^ "International Federation of University Women". The Journal of the Association of Collegiate Alumnae. 14: 8. October 1920.
^ Winn, Agnes (January 1928). "A Summer Vacation Course at Oxford". Journal of the American Association of University Women. 21: 45.

External links

A painted portrait of Christine Burrows, from about 1920, at Art UK.
A photograph of Christine Burrows from 1950, in the National Portrait Gallery.

Academic offices
Preceded by Esther Elizabeth Burrows	Principal of St Hilda's College, Oxford 1910—1919	Succeeded by Winifred Moberly
Preceded by Bertha Johnson	Principal of St Anne's College, Oxford 1921—1929	Succeeded by Grace Eleanor Hadow

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