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Lilian Passmore Sanderson
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'''Lilian Margaret Passmore Sanderson''' (22 February 1925 – 16 September 1996) was an English teacher and educationalist who became known for her research on [[female genital mutilation]], particularly in [[Sudan]].<ref name=Forbes1997/> She was the author of ''Against the Mutilation of Women: The Struggle Against Unnecessary Suffering'' (1981)<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> and ''Female Genital Mutilation, Excision and Infibulation: A Bibliography'' (1986).
==Early life and education==
Born Lilian Passmore, Sanderson attended [[The Park Community School|Barnstaple Girls' Grammar School]] in Devon, before graduating in 1947 with a [[BA]] (as an [[external degree]]) from [[Exeter University|Exeter University College]]. In 1948 she obtained a Diploma of Education (DipEd), also from Exeter, and in 1962 an MA from the [[University of London]] for a thesis entitled "A history of education in the Sudan with special reference to the development of girls' schools". In 1966 she was awarded a PhD, also by the University of London; her thesis was "Education in the southern Sudan, 1898–1948".<ref name=Forbes1997>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
==Career==
After obtaining her diploma from Exeter, Sanderson taught at a girls' school in [[High Wycombe]], then in 1951 accepted a post in Egypt to teach at the English Girls' College in [[Alexandria]]. From 1953 she taught at Omdurman Girls' Secondary School in [[Omdurman]], Sudan, and from 1954 to 1958 served as headmistress of Omdurman Intermediate School. From then until 1962, she was headmistress at Khartoum Girls' Secondary School;<ref name=archives/> she wrote that the school represented "the greatest single development in government secondary education for girls in the Sudan".Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2) From 1962 she taught for one year at the [[University of Khartoum]].<ref name=archives>[https://ift.tt/2LgQJ49 "Lilian Passmore Sanderson"]. Durham University Library, Archives and Special Collections. 1991. </ref>
Sanderson left Sudan in 1964, after which she taught at [[Buckinghamshire New University|Buckinghamshire College of Higher Education]] in [[Chalfont St Giles]] until 1980 and campaigned to end FGM. In 1980 she wrote a report for the University of London on "Education in the Middle East with special reference to the Sudan, Egypt and education for the eradication of female genital mutilation" and she worked with [[Asma El Dareer]], author of a classic study on FGM in Sudan, ''Woman, Why Do You Weep?'' (1982).<ref name=Forbes1997/>
==Personal life==
In May 1960 Sanderson married George Neville Sanderson, with whom she wrote ''Education, Religion and Politics in Southern Sudan, 1899–1964'' (1981). The couple had three children. She died of cancer in 1996.<ref name=Forbes1997/>
==Selected works==
*Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)<ref name=Forbes1997/><ref>''Proceedings of the Third Graduate Academy of the University of California''. UCLA Graduate Student Association. 1965. pp. 130 140.</ref>
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==References==
[[Category:1925 births]]
[[Category:1996 deaths]]
[[Category:20th-century British women writers]]
[[Category:20th-century English writers]]
[[Category:Activists against female genital mutilation]]
[[Category:Alumni of the University of Exeter]]
[[Category:Alumni of the University of London]]
[[Category:English academics]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:University of Khartoum faculty]]
==Early life and education==
Born Lilian Passmore, Sanderson attended [[The Park Community School|Barnstaple Girls' Grammar School]] in Devon, before graduating in 1947 with a [[BA]] (as an [[external degree]]) from [[Exeter University|Exeter University College]]. In 1948 she obtained a Diploma of Education (DipEd), also from Exeter, and in 1962 an MA from the [[University of London]] for a thesis entitled "A history of education in the Sudan with special reference to the development of girls' schools". In 1966 she was awarded a PhD, also by the University of London; her thesis was "Education in the southern Sudan, 1898–1948".<ref name=Forbes1997>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
==Career==
After obtaining her diploma from Exeter, Sanderson taught at a girls' school in [[High Wycombe]], then in 1951 accepted a post in Egypt to teach at the English Girls' College in [[Alexandria]]. From 1953 she taught at Omdurman Girls' Secondary School in [[Omdurman]], Sudan, and from 1954 to 1958 served as headmistress of Omdurman Intermediate School. From then until 1962, she was headmistress at Khartoum Girls' Secondary School;<ref name=archives/> she wrote that the school represented "the greatest single development in government secondary education for girls in the Sudan".Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2) From 1962 she taught for one year at the [[University of Khartoum]].<ref name=archives>[https://ift.tt/2LgQJ49 "Lilian Passmore Sanderson"]. Durham University Library, Archives and Special Collections. 1991. </ref>
Sanderson left Sudan in 1964, after which she taught at [[Buckinghamshire New University|Buckinghamshire College of Higher Education]] in [[Chalfont St Giles]] until 1980 and campaigned to end FGM. In 1980 she wrote a report for the University of London on "Education in the Middle East with special reference to the Sudan, Egypt and education for the eradication of female genital mutilation" and she worked with [[Asma El Dareer]], author of a classic study on FGM in Sudan, ''Woman, Why Do You Weep?'' (1982).<ref name=Forbes1997/>
==Personal life==
In May 1960 Sanderson married George Neville Sanderson, with whom she wrote ''Education, Religion and Politics in Southern Sudan, 1899–1964'' (1981). The couple had three children. She died of cancer in 1996.<ref name=Forbes1997/>
==Selected works==
*Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)<ref name=Forbes1997/><ref>''Proceedings of the Third Graduate Academy of the University of California''. UCLA Graduate Student Association. 1965. pp. 130 140.</ref>
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==References==
[[Category:1925 births]]
[[Category:1996 deaths]]
[[Category:20th-century British women writers]]
[[Category:20th-century English writers]]
[[Category:Activists against female genital mutilation]]
[[Category:Alumni of the University of Exeter]]
[[Category:Alumni of the University of London]]
[[Category:English academics]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:University of Khartoum faculty]]
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