Doreen Massey was a leading British geographer whose ideas on Space, place, and power have defined modern geography. Massey was born in Manchester, England, in a working-class family in a council estate, and these were the formative years that informed her later research on social inequality. She went to Oxford University and majored in a geography degree there while developing more of an interest in economic geography. After completing her studies, Massey joined the Centre for Environmental Studies (CES) in London to build her theory of spatial division of labour. The author examines how capitalist economies produced spatial divisions of power, wealth, and opportunities in this theory. The focus of the work done by Massey was to stress the fact that "Space Matters" when it comes to inequality within the economy and society.

In her career, Massey concentrated on globalization, regions, and place in people's lives and experiences. Her power geometry idea explored how different communities felt the impact of globalization and how some could determine the process while others were on the receiving end. In her work on the geography of place, Massey presented radical points of view; she stated that places are not given but constructed, open and ongoing products of social relations or global processes. In her essay "A Global Sense of Place," she challenged the fixedness of the place and the cartographic approach to location.

Massey was a fervent Marxist and feminist geographer. The majority of her writings were on how capitalist form worsened social and spatial injustice. She also started on feminist geography, concentrating on how power relations affected spatial and geographical perceptions. Massey remained an active contributor to geographic ideas and discourse even in her professional capacity as a professor at the Open University. Dame Lorna was a famous academic and political figure until her passing in 2016 and is still remembered as one of the most significant geographers of the twentieth century.