21 Edith Elizabeth Wardale (1863–1943) entered Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, in 1887, and moved a year later to the recently opened St Hugh’s Hall (now College). After obtaining a First in Modern Languages she became Vice-Principal and Tutor at St Hugh’s and Tutor to the Association for the High Education of Women. She was Tutor in English at St Hugh’s until 1923. Her publications include An Old English Grammar (1922) and An Introduction to Middle English (1937).