Patterson, Elizabeth Chambers. “Mary Fairfax Greig Somerville (1780-1872)”. Women of Mathematics: A Biobiliographic Sourcebook, edited by Louise S. Grinstein and Paul J. Campbell, Greenwood Press, 1987, pp. 208-16.
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Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| death | Mary Somerville | After her death, much of MS
's library was presented to the Ladies' College at Hitchin (now Girton College
, Cambridge), and in 1879 Somerville College
at Oxford University was named after her. |
| death | Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon | She left £10,000 to Girton College
. Herstein, Sheila R. A Mid-Victorian Feminist: Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon. Yale University Press, 1985. 189 |
| Education | Romer Wilson | RW
studied law at Girton College, Cambridge
. Her results in final examinations gave her only mediocre honors. qtd. in Seymour-Smith, Martin, and Andrew C. Kimmens, editors. World Authors, 1900-1950. H. W. Wilson, 1996. |
| Education | Dora Russell | Back in England, she was tutored by her father in Greek and Latin; her reading of the Medea by Euripides
later informed her first book, Hypatia; or, Woman and Knowledge. Dora then earned a... |
| Education | Dora Russell | After finishing her degree course at Girton College
, Dora Black
(later Russell
) studied French, and eighteenth-century French literature in particular, at University College, London
. She did her work mainly in the British Museum |
| Education | Rosamond Lehmann | RL
went up to Girton College, Cambridge University
, on a scholarship to read English Literature, joining her elder sister, Helen, who was already there. Simons, Judy. Rosamond Lehmann. 1st ed., St Martin’s Press, 1992. 7 Hastings, Selina. Rosamond Lehmann. Chatto and Windus, 2002. 39 |
| Education | Kathleen Raine | KR
attended, on a full scholarship, Girton College, Cambridge
, where she set out to study natural sciences. She took the exams qualifying her for a BA degee, however (followed by the standard unearned MA)... |
| Education | Rosamond Lehmann | |
| Education | Ada Leverson | AL
was educated at home in French, German, and (by a Girton College
graduate) Classics. |
| Education | Candia McWilliam | After finishing at St George's, she sought to go to boarding school as a means of escape, and following a rupture and detachment from my father's house she entered Sherborne School for Girls
, an... |
| Education | Henrietta Müller | In her late twenties, HM
became one of the first batch of students to study at Girton College
, Cambridge, despite some opposition from her father
. Crawford, Elizabeth. The Women’s Suffrage Movement: A Reference Guide, 1866-1928. Routledge, 2001. 428 Bland, Lucy. Banishing the Beast: Sexuality and the Early Feminists. New Press, 1995. 164-5 |
| Education | Margaret Forster | Having sat the Oxford and Cambridge entrance exams at her school in Carlisle (taking the gamble of an extra term at school after her A-levels to do so, though if she failed to make Oxbridge... |
| Education | Sheila Kaye-Smith | |
| Education | Henrietta Müller | HM
took a third in the moral science tripos at Girton College
, Cambridge. A third means a third-class honours or one level above a passdegree: respectable but not particularly distinguished. In thiscase taking... |
| Education | Q. D. Leavis | Queenie Roth (later QDL
) began her university career by going up to Girton College
on a scholarship. MacKillop, Ian. F.R. Leavis: A Life in Criticism. Allen Lane, 1995. 85-6 |
Timeline
16 October 1869: Educational reformer Emily Davies welcomed...
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16 October 1869
Educational reformer Emily Davies
welcomed the first five students to Girton College
.
Herstein, Sheila R. A Mid-Victorian Feminist: Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon. Yale University Press, 1985.
180
McWilliams-Tullberg, Rita. Women at Cambridge. Gollancz, 1975.
62, 67
The World of Learning. 45th ed., Allen and Unwin, 1995.
1594
Purvis, June. A History of Women’s Education in England. Open University Press, 1991.
113
16 October 1869: Educational reformer Emily Davies welcomed...
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16 October 1869
Educational reformer Emily Davies
welcomed the first five students to Girton College
.
Herstein, Sheila R. A Mid-Victorian Feminist: Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon. Yale University Press, 1985.
180
McWilliams-Tullberg, Rita. Women at Cambridge. Gollancz, 1975.
62, 67
The World of Learning. 45th ed., Allen and Unwin, 1995.
1594
Purvis, June. A History of Women’s Education in England. Open University Press, 1991.
113
July 1873: Emily Shirreff outlined the purpose and goals...
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July 1873
Emily Shirreff
outlined the purpose and goals of Girton College
in the Fortnightly Review in an effort to raise funds.
Herstein, Sheila R. A Mid-Victorian Feminist: Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon. Yale University Press, 1985.
183
October 1873: Girton College moved to a site near Camb...
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October 1873
Girton College
moved to a site near Cambridge.
Herstein, Sheila R. A Mid-Victorian Feminist: Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon. Yale University Press, 1985.
180, 182
1882: A Hygienic Wearing Apparel Exhibition was...
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1882
A Hygienic Wearing Apparel Exhibition was held at Kensington Town Hall.
Adburgham, Alison. Shops and Shopping 1800-1914: Where, and in What Manner the Well-Dressed Englishwoman Bought Her Clothes. Allen and Unwin, 1964.
185-6
Adburgham, Alison. A Punch History of Manners and Modes 1841-1940. Hutchinson, 1961.
138
23 March 1899: The first paper presented to the Institution...
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23 March 1899
The first paper presented to the Institution of Electrical Engineers
(IEE) by a woman was read by Hertha Ayrton
, who was later admitted as the Institution's first female member.
Jones, Claire. “Women’s History Month: Hertha Ayrton (1854-1923): scientist yet ’in every way a woman’”. Women’s History Network Blog, 23 Mar. 2010.
By 27 September 1905: Scientist Grace Chisholm Young published...
Women writers item
By 27 September 1905
Scientist Grace Chisholm Young
published the first of two scientific books co-authored with her husband, William Henry Young
: The First Book of Geometry.
Young, Grace Chisholm, and William Henry Young. The First Book of Geometry. J. M. Dent, 1905.
Late October 1921: Following the vote against full membership...
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Late October 1921
Following the vote against full membership of Cambridge University
for women, female students had to enter lectures through mobs of barracking male students.
Hastings, Selina. Rosamond Lehmann. Chatto and Windus, 2002.
53
“Fact sheet: Women at Cambridge: A Chronology”. University of Cambridge.
Birch, Dinah. “Little was expected of Annie”. London Review of Books, 19 Oct. 2006, p. 26.
26
1926: New statutes at Cambridge University first...
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1926
New statutes at Cambridge University
first permitted women to hold university (as opposed to merely college) teaching posts, to belong to university faculties and sit on faculty boards.
Greenspan, Karen. The Timetables of Women’s History. Simon and Shuster, 1994.
328
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
“Girton College”. British History Online, 2012.
: An Oxford University women's rowing crew...
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Summer 1927
An Oxford University
women's rowing crew beat one from Girton, Cambridge
—not by racing, which was deemed medically dangerous for delicate women, but by a separate, timed test.
Reeves, Marjorie. St. Anne’s College, Oxford. St Anne’s College, 1979.
19
1935: Helena Swanwick (suffragist, pacifist, sister...
Women writers item
1935
Helena Swanwick
(suffragist, pacifist, sister of artist Walter Sickert
) published her memoir I Have Been Young.
Doughan, David. email to Women’s History Network. 11 Dec. 2009.
1967: Barbara Wootton (created the first woman...
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1967
Barbara Wootton
(created the first woman life peer in 1958) became deputy speaker of the House of Lords
, first woman to sit on the woolsack
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
1977: Girton, one of the two original women's colleges...
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1977
Girton
, one of the two original women's colleges at Cambridge University, admitted its first male Fellows. Male undergraduates joined them two years later.
“About Girton College”. Girton College, University of Cambridge.
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