Hope Emily Allen (1883-1960)
A leading medieval scholar known for her research
on Richard Rolle a 14th century English mystic
and for discovering the "The Book of Margery
Kempe". Allen graduated from Bryn Mawr
College in 1905, and completed her master's
degree (also at Bryn Mawr) the next year. She
then went to Radcliffe to study for her Ph.D. Her
work focused on themes of spirituality, feminism
and the Middle Ages.