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The Rising Tide: Women of Cambridge

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Image of Confetti used at protest against awarding degrees to women, 1897

Confetti used at protest against awarding degrees to women, 1897

During the 1897 campaign against Cambridge degrees to women, male undergraduates showed their opposition by ...

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Steamboat Ladies Gown, between 1904-1907

While Cambridge resisted women’s calls for degrees, other universities were moving forward.

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Voting takes place in the Senate House, Cambridge 1897

Thousands turned out to vote, and witness the event. Here you can see those eligible voting in the Senate House, Cambridge. ...

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Women’s Degrees, 1897

This rather mysoginistic poster is against awarding degrees to women. The slogans make specific reference to University institutions, including Girton and Newnham ...

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Newnham’s first five students, 1871

Newnham's first five students included the first undergraduates, and the first research student, Ella Bulley (on the right), a pioneering historian and archaeologist.

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Proposed College for Women, 1968

This brochure shows the huge organisational, promotional and fundraising efforts needed to set up the new College for Women.

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