Girton College 1869–1932

A history of the first women's college in Cambridge or Oxford, first published in 1933.

Barbara Stephen (Author)

9781108015318, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 17 June 2010

228 pages, 5 b/w illus.
21.6 x 14 x 1.3 cm, 0.49 kg

Barbara Stephen (1872–1945) studied history at Girton College, Cambridge from 1891 to 1894. This history of the college, first published in 1933, drew on her previous publication Emily Davies and Girton College as well as on college reports, letters to and from the founders, and information obtained from staff of the college. The college was established on 16th October 1869 by Emily Davies and Barbara Bodichon, and was the first Cambridge college for women students. Women were not admitted to full degrees at Cambridge until 1948, after Stephen's death, though Oxford had awarded degrees to women since 1920. The author probably never imagined that Girton would admit male undergraduates, as it has from 1979. Stephen's informative short history of the college's first sixty years is an intriguing document for those interested in the history of the University of Cambridge or of women's education.

Preface
1. Introduction
2. Preliminary work for the college
3. The college in its pioneer days
4. From Hitchin to Girton
5. Growth and consolidation 1875–1903
6. A time of transition 1903–1922
7. The Royal Commission and the charter
8. The statutes of 1926, and the new buildings
9. Various matters
Biographical index
Index.

Subject Areas: Philosophy & theory of education [JNA]