Clough its first principal. The new college took a different approach to women's education from Girton College: where Girton focused on equality, Newnham focused on intellectual flourishing. Girton insisted women take all the same exams as men, where Newnham allowed women to skip the "Little-Go" exam of Latin, Greek and divinity and progress directly to studying their chosen subject. Similarly, while Girton's residence was a more surprising design, created by architect Alfred Waterhouse, Newnham Hall was designed to be more tranquil and domestic. A later biographer described Clough as having "inexhaustible good humour, plenty of common sense and fun, and an enviable ability to admit when she was wrong. These qualities made her students cherish her and enabled her to work well and creatively with her colleagues." Though she had little experience of administration, she oversaw the building of the new college and negotiations over leasing the land. Her personality, commitment and drive made her "a recognised leader in the education of women". Death and legacy She was cared for at the end of her life by her niece Blanche Athena Clough and her friend Edith Sharpley who was the classics lecturer. They were both present when she died at Cambridge on 27 February 1892. Two portraits of Clough are at Newnham College, one by Sir William Blake Richmond, the other by James Jebusa Shannon. Her grave is in Grantchester churchyard, near Cambridge. Her legacy is marked in Clough Hall and the Clough memorial gates at Newnham College, a stained glass window at Liverpool Cathedral, the Hope Street sculpture "A Case History" in Liverpool. Her birthplace in Liverpool is marked with a plaque, commemorating both Anne Jemima and her brother Arthur Hugh. Edge Hill University has a hall of residence called Clough in honour of her contribution to higher education and the history of education in Lancashire. References Sources This cites Memoir of Anne Jemima Clough, by Blanche Athena Clough (1897). Further reading Blanche Athena Clough, Memoir of Anne Jemima Clough, 1897. External links 1820 births 1892 deaths British suffragists British women's rights activists Principals of Newnham College, Cambridge Politicians from Liverpool Academics from Liverpool Women of the Victorian era