Katharine Jex-Blake

Katharine Jex-Blake (18 November 1860 – 26 March 1951), was an English classical scholar, and the eighth Mistress of Girton College, Cambridge.

Jex-Blake was educated at home with her sisters by masters from Rugby School before reading classics at Girton College, Cambridge, 1879–1883.

[2] She was ranked in the third division of the first class in Part I of the Classical Tripos for women in 1882, one of the two highest performing female candidates.

[6] Although Jex-Blake was an active teacher and scholar, in line with the academic norms of this period she did not publish extensively.

[1] Jex-Blake was an active supporter of women's suffrage, signing a joint letter to The Times in 1917 objecting to the failure of the Electoral Reform Conference to address the issue.