December 1914: ”Go Home and Keep Quiet”; Early War Work for Women
As Michaelmas Term ended in December 1914, Somerville ‘sustained an irreparable loss’ with the departure of Miss Lucy Kempson, the College librarian and Principal’s secretary. Leaving to join the war effort, she initially nursed with the Red Cross and later went on to work in the Intelligence Department of the War Office. Miss Kempson (pictured right) was one of many women who answered… Read More »December 1914: ”Go Home and Keep Quiet”; Early War Work for Women