2025/09/13 by Alice Rio · 1 voice
Arts and Humanities · Social Sciences · #Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes #Medical History and Innovations #Historical Gender and Feminism Studies
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Jinty Nelson left a strong mark of her presence in every institution that she was ever a part of, and there is none which does not regard its association with her as a source of deep pride.Past and Present is no exception.She was an immensely valued member of the Editorial Board for nearly twenty years, starting in 1995 and leaving in 2013, when she reached the mandatory retirement age of seventy.Jinty studied at Newnham College, Cambridge, where she was a star student, made the University Challenge team, and later wrote her Ph.D. dissertation under the direction of Walter Ullmann. 1 Ullmann did not approve of the way the thesis turned out, and their relationship was a fraught one, though it was eventually repaired.When discussing him later in life, she would sometimes quote what he had reportedly fumed to someone praising her work, after