Royal Holloway and Bedford New College, University of London

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Textual Production Beatrice Harraden
BH is said to have devoted only an hour and a half each day to her writing, allowing it to encroach no further than this on her life.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
In 1930 she was awarded an annual...
Occupation Susan Miles
She then taught ethics and philosophy at Bedford College —rather briefly, for she decided that teaching was not her metier, and resigned to become a full-time writer.
“Contemporary Authors”. Gale Databases: Literature Resource Centre-LRC.
Education Willa Muir
The Carnegie Trust funded Willa Anderson (later WM ) to work on a thesis on the problems raised by sex in education at Bedford College , London; she never finished the thesis.
Allen, Kirsty, and Willa Muir. “Introduction”. Imagined Selves, edited by Kirsty Allen and Kirsty Allen, Canongate Classics, p. v - xiii.
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Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
Occupation Willa Muir
After leaving Bedford College , WM began lecturing to Bryant and May female factory workers at the Mansfield House University Settlement in Canning Town in London. It was at the Bryant and May match...
Employer Ann Oakley
AO was a Research Officer in the Social Research Unit at Bedford College, University of London .
Kester-Shelton, Pamela, editor. Feminist Writers. St James Press.
Publishing Eleanor Rathbone
Rathbone's chapter originated as a paper entitled The Harvest of the Women's Movement, which she had delivered at Bedford College in November 1935 as one of the Fawcett Lecture series and printed under the...
Employer F. Mabel Robinson
FMR hoped to become a painter, and devoted most of [her] girlhood to painting
Bainton, George, editor. The Art of Authorship. J. Clarke.
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before the full development of her interest in social and political issues. Vernon Lee in Miss Brown, 1884, somewhat...
Education Carol Rumens
Carol-Ann Lumley (later CR ) attended Bedford (then a women's college, and a school of London University), to study philosophy.
“Contemporary Authors”. Gale Databases: Literature Resource Centre-LRC.
Employer Jo Shapcott
JS began teaching English at Rolle College in Exmouth (one of the three main campuses of the University of Plymouth , which, however, is due to be relocated in a movement towards centralization). She then...
Education Freya Stark
FS studied at Bedford College, University of London .
Geniesse, Jane Fletcher. Passionate Nomad. Random House.
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Textual Production Anna Swanwick
In May 1898 and in 1899 AS addressed large audiences at the Jubilee ceremonies at both Queen's and Bedford College . On the former occasion she was introduced to Queen Victoria .
Bruce, Mary Louisa. Anna Swanwick, A Memoir and Recollections 1813-1899. T. F. Unwin.
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politics Anna Swanwick
AS had the honour of presenting the first lady graduates from Bedford College
Bruce, Mary Louisa. Anna Swanwick, A Memoir and Recollections 1813-1899. T. F. Unwin.
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to the university chancellor to receive their degrees; they were the first women graduates in Britain.
Bruce, Mary Louisa. Anna Swanwick, A Memoir and Recollections 1813-1899. T. F. Unwin.
170
politics Anna Swanwick
AS became for a five-year term the Visitor to Bedford College : the first female one appointed, in succession to distinguished male scholars.
Bruce, Mary Louisa. Anna Swanwick, A Memoir and Recollections 1813-1899. T. F. Unwin.
170
Education Anna Swanwick
Years later, sitting in the capacity of what amounted to a chaperone in classes taught by Francis William Newman at Bedford College , she noticed a slight error in his exposition, told him of it...
politics Anna Swanwick
Well before she became a feminist, AS on her first arrival in London became interested in the plight of little girls whose working-class parents kept them at home to mind the baby while their brothers...

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