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GCPP Davies 13/1/7

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'List of signatures to non-residents' Memorial for Camb. BA Degree for women', 1880

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Reference Code: GBR/0271/GCPP Davies 13/1/7
Scope and Contents From the Sub-sub-group: Since the academic year 1870-1, women students in Cambridge had been permitted to sit the University's Previous Examination (Little-Go). This informal arrangement, which depended on the personal goodwill of University men, continued until 1881. In February 1881 a Grace was passed in Senate allowing women to take the Previous and Tripos examinations on the same terms as men. Their names were to appear on a separate class list and they were not admitted to degrees.This was the first real...
Dates: 1880
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Open to bona fide scholars and by appointment only.