Background
Eileen Power was born on January 9, 1889 in Altrincham, Cheshire, United Kingdom. She was the eldest daughter of a stockbroker and was a sister of Rhoda Power, the children's writer and broadcaster.
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Eileen Power was born on January 9, 1889 in Altrincham, Cheshire, United Kingdom. She was the eldest daughter of a stockbroker and was a sister of Rhoda Power, the children's writer and broadcaster.
Eileen Power was educated at Oxford High School for Girls, graduated from Girton College, Cambridge, in 1910 and studied at the Sorbonne. She also studied at London School of Economics from 1911 to 1913.
Power was director of of historical studies at Girton College from 1913 to 1921, lecturer in political science at the London School of Economics from 1921 to 1924, and reader of the University of London between 1924 and 1931. In 1931 she became professor of economic history at the London School of Economics (LSE) and held that position until 1940. Her most famous book "Medieval People" was published in 1924. In 1927 Power founded the Economic History Review. She died of heart failure in 1940 in London, United Kingdom.
Eileen married Michael M. Postan in 1938. They had a child, Rhoda Postan.
