Actress Garson of "Goodbye, Mr. Chips" (5)
![Ross](/clue/static/ross-mug.min.png)
I believe the answer is:
greer
(Other definitions for greer that I've seen before include "Germaine -, Australian writer" , "Germaine - - , author and academic" , "Author of The Female Eunuch, b.1939" , "Germaine - (The Female Eunuch)" , "Feminist icon, Germaine" .)