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EI Portraits — Adrian Wooldridge on Philippa Fawcett, wrangler extraordinaire

EI Portraits — Adrian Wooldridge on Philippa Fawcett, wrangler extraordinaire

Update: 2024-10-24

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Adrian Wooldridge profiles Philippa Fawcett, the first female Senior Wrangler at Cambridge University and a trailblazer for women's achievement in a nascent meritocratic society. Read by Sebastian Brown.

Engelsberg Ideas is funded by the Axel and Margaret Ax:son Johnson Foundation for Public Benefit.

Image: 1890 engraving of Philippa Fawcett, the first female Senior Wrangler. Credit: Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

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EI Portraits — Adrian Wooldridge on Philippa Fawcett, wrangler extraordinaire

EI Portraits — Adrian Wooldridge on Philippa Fawcett, wrangler extraordinaire

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