Newnham College, Cambridge University

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Education Constance Garnett
Constance Black (later CG ) went up to Newnham College, Cambridge , a scholarship of £35 a year for the three years of her degree course; her father paid the other £25 a year. She...
Education Jane Ellen Harrison
JEH completed her studies in classics at Newnham College, Cambridge (on a scholarship) by sitting the Classical Tripos exams. She was one of the early women at Cambridge, one of thirteen in her year.
Robinson, Annabel. The Life and Work of Jane Ellen Harrison. Oxford University Press.
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Education Elizabeth Jenkins
Then, during the years 1924-7, EJ studied at Newnham College, Cambridge . She realised the value of this education at the time, but not so profoundly as she did later.
Jenkins, Elizabeth. The View from Downshire Hill. Michael Johnson.
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She received her BA...
Education Gillian Allnutt
GA was awarded her Honours BA degree in Philosophy and English at the end of her three years' study at Newnham College , Cambridge.
“Contemporary Authors”. Gale Databases: Literature Resource Centre-LRC.
Blain, Virginia et al., editors. The Feminist Companion to Literature in English: Women Writers from the Middle Ages to the Present. Yale University Press; Batsford.
Education Katharine Bruce Glasier
At nineteen Katharine Conway entered Newnham College , Cambridge, by then in its fifteenth year, where she completed the BA course, though Cambridge did not yet award degrees to women.
Thompson, Laurence. The Enthusiasts. Victor Gollancz Limited.
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Education Hope Mirrlees
HM studied classics at Newnham College, Cambridge , under the charismatic scholar Jane Harrison .
Beard, Mary. The Invention of Jane Harrison. Harvard University Press.
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Education Gillian Allnutt
From Rutherford High School for GirlsGA won a place at Newnham College , Cambridge.
Education Richmal Crompton
She turned down the offer of a place at Newnham, Cambridge , because of the scholarship offer from Royal Holloway.
Education Q. D. Leavis
Queenie also was known for her bookish habits: her tastes ran especially to Henry James , along with the journals the New Statesman, The Spectator, the Times Literary Supplement, and Time and...
Education Margaret Drabble
MD received a BA in English with double first-class honours from Cambridge University (Newnham College ).
Sadler, Lynn Veach. Margaret Drabble. Twayne.
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Todd, Janet, editor. Dictionary of British Women Writers. Routledge.
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death Mathilde Blind
She left the greater part of her estate to Newnham College , Cambridge, to support female education through the establishment of a scholarship for Language and Literature.
Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder.
Blain, Virginia et al., editors. The Feminist Companion to Literature in English: Women Writers from the Middle Ages to the Present. Yale University Press; Batsford.
She was buried in Finchley Cemetery in...
Cultural formation Emma Frances Brooke
For one of her intensely religious background to attend a secular or ecumenical institution shows some strength of mind. Although the students were expected to inform the Principal of the place of worship they chose...
Characters Katharine Bruce Glasier
The book features as its heroine Aimée Furniss, a recent graduate from Newnham College who has just taken up her first position teaching at a girls' school. Though she finds teaching rewarding, her experiences with...

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