GCPP Davies 14/44
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Letter from M Bentinck Smith to Miss Jex-Blake, 1896-10-26
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Reference Code: GBR/0271/GCPP Davies 14/44
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From the Sub-Fonds:
In 1897 a syndicate was appointed to consider full membership of Cambridge University. It recommended the admission of women to titular degrees. The recommendation was rejected by 1707 votes to 661. This was reported as 'The largest vote ever taken upon an academic subject with the history of the University'. By 1897 all British universities except Oxford and Cambridge admitted women as members on equal terms with men. In 1904 Trinity College Dublin admitted women. For three years, women who...
Dates:
1896-10-26
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Open to bona fide scholars and by appointment only.