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GCPP Davies 8/141/1

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Letter from T D [Thomas Dyke] Acland to Emily Davies, 1863-01-14

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Reference Code: GBR/0271/GCPP Davies 8/141/1
Scope and Contents Supports the aim of improving girls' education and giving credentials to those who receive it, but raises difficulties. Girls need privacy to flourish and should not compete with boys. Cannot assent to the opening of Oxford Local Examinations to girls; the Cambridge method of examining entire schools may be better suited. University examiners, being unmarried clergymen, do not have the experience to judge girls. Female training schools show the danger of overworking young women...
Dates: 1863-01-14
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Open to bona fide scholars and by appointment only.