Chaucer and His Times

Grace Eleanor Hadow (9 December 1875 in Cirencester, England – 19 January 1940, Marylebone, London) was an author, principal of St Anne’s College, Oxford and vice-chairman of the Women’s Institute (WI). In 1921, Hadow wrote the first edition of the National Federation of Women’s Institutes (NFWI) handbook. From 1929–40, she was principal of the Society of Oxford Home Students (later St Anne’s College.