North of England Council for Promoting the Higher Education of Women

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Occupation Josephine Butler
In 1868 JB (as president of the organization from 1867 until around 1871) presented its petition for the examination of women candidates for entrance to Cambridge University . The petition was granted in 1869, and...
politics Josephine Butler
In the year of her move to Liverpool, 1866, JB collaborated with Anne Jemima Clough to form the Liverpool Ladies' Educational Society , an organization intended to encourage and support the education of women...
politics Maria Grey
MG strongly endorsed the goal of women's suffrage and the campaign for wider career opportunities. Her friendship with Josephine Butler developed after Butler invited her to speak to the North of England Council for Promoting the Higher Education of Women

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1866: Anne Jemima Clough and Josephine Butler founded...

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1866

Anne Jemima Clough and Josephine Butler founded the Liverpool Ladies' Educational Society to provide a serious course of lectures for women.

1866: Anne Jemima Clough and Josephine Butler founded...

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1866

Anne Jemima Clough and Josephine Butler founded the Liverpool Ladies' Educational Society to provide a serious course of lectures for women.

1867: The Liverpool Ladies' Educational Society...

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1868: Anne Jemima Clough organised Lectures for...

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1868

Anne Jemima Clough organised Lectures for Ladies throughout Northern England.

1869: The Cambridge Higher Local Examinations for...

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1869

The Cambridge Higher Local Examinations for Women were instituted as a result of campaigning by Emily Davies and the North of England Council for Promoting the Higher Education of Women .

1871: Newnham College for women was founded in...

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1871

Newnham College for women was founded in Cambridge.

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