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50th anniversary of the admission of women to Cambridge degrees [1998], 1997 - 1998

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Reference Code: GBR/0271/GCPP Jefferies 2/8

Scope and Contents

File contains: information sheet for Girtonians attending; programme; list of Girton members attending; order of proceedings for the Senate House, including addresses given by the Orator and the Vice-Chancellor, and by Baroness David of Romsey, Baroness Platt of Writtle, and Dame Margaret Anstee (the latter three on behalf of those who matriculated 1921-38, 1939-43 and 1944-48 respectively); Sheelagh Jefferies’ name badge; invitation to the ceremony and reception to mark the 50th anniversary 4 July 1998; news cutting from The Times 4 July 1998 entitled ‘Valerie Grove meets the women belatedly honoured today: Cambridge’s studied act of contrition’, illustrated with a photograph of younger Newnham women together with Anne Piper, Lady David and the Rev Sylvia Hallam; and Girton Roll News 1997.

Dates

  • Other: 1997 - 1998

Creator

Extent

1 file(s)

Originator(s)

Various

Repository Details

Part of the Girton College Archive Repository

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