> Thematic History

> 1850-1901:
Education for Women
- Victorian Ideals
- Woman Physician
- Ladies College

> 1902-1913:
Education & Vocation
- Learning at ELC
- The Westfield Way

> 1914-1945:
War & Circumstance
- The Great War
- WWII Evacuation
- Learning & Leisure

> 1946-1959:
Peace & Acceptance
- Restoration
- Medicine & Dentistry

> 1960-present:
Change & Opportunity
- Women in Science
- Creativity & Diversity
- Then & Now

Student numbers also continued to grow at Westfield College, which saw 711 students graduate with honours between 1950 and 1959. This was a significant rise from the 1930 to 1939 period which saw 406 students graduate with honours from Westfield.

Elizabeth Maslen, 2008. Westfield graduate in English in 1957.

Principal Kathleen Chesney, c1955. Courtesy of Queen Mary, University of London Archives.

Kathleen Chesney became Principal in 1951 and helped to strengthen Westfield 's profile as an Arts College during this period. In 1954, a Chair in English and a Chair in History, were established, and in 1955, Spanish was elevated to the status of an Honours Department.