| Honorific Prefix: | Professor |
| Birth Name: | Kathryn Jane Gleadle |
| Nationality: | British |
| Professor of Gender and Women's History | |
| Alma Mater: | University of Warwick |
| Workplaces: | London Guildhall University University College, Oxford Mansfield College, Oxford |
| Thesis Title: | The early feminists: radical Unitarians and the emergence of the women's rights movement, c.1831-1851 |
| Thesis Year: | 1993 |
| Doctoral Advisor: | Fred Reid |
Kathryn Jane Gleadle is a British historian and academic specialising in the experiences of British women in the late 18th and 19th centuries. She was Fellow and Tutor in History at Mansfield College, Oxford from 2004 to 2023. In 2015, she was appointed a Professor of Gender and Women's History by the University of Oxford.
Gleadle completed her undergraduate and doctoral studies at the University of Warwick. Her doctoral thesis, supervised by Fred Reid, was entitled The early feminists: radical Unitarians and the emergence of the women's rights movement, c.1831-1851 and was completed in 1993.[1] After obtaining her doctorate she began a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship at London Guildhall University.[2] She was a fellow of University College, Oxford, from 2002 to 2004, when she was appointed a fellow of Mansfield College, Oxford, and a university lecturer in modern history, appointments made permanent in 2009.[3] [4] [5] In 2015, she was awarded the title of Professor of Gender and Women's History by the University of Oxford.[6] Gleadle retired in 2023.[7]
Gleadle was the recipient of a Philip Leverhulme Prize in 2004.[8]
Gleadle's research focuses on women's experiences in 18th- and 19th-century Britain, especially with reference to political culture, while she also engages in debates about feminist and gender history theory. Her studies have also focused on the role that Victorian women played in the process of globalisation, and on the way British children have been involved in political processes. Gleadle's published works include:[9]