Queen's College, London

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Textual Production Katherine Mansfield
The Queen's College Magazine printed a story by Kathleen M. Beauchamp (later KM ): The Pine Tree, the Sparrows, and You and I.
Alpers, Antony. The Life of Katherine Mansfield. Oxford University Press.
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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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Reception Evelyn Underhill
EU received most of her accolades during her lifetime. In addition to becoming the first woman both to lecture in religion at Oxford and head retreats in the Anglican Church , she was elected a...
politics Sophia Jex-Blake
In 1865, the Kensington Society , a quarterly women's discussion group devoted to social and political issues, held their inaugural meeting. SJB became a member through her connections with Queen's College .
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
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...
politics Anna Swanwick
The husband drew up his will in 1884, leaving the bulk of his fortune for women's education and clearly explaining why. It is women who have hitherto had the worst of life, and I therefore...
Literary responses Sarah Lewis
Kathryn Hughes notes that SL 's support of the Governesses' Benevolent Institution (founded in 1843), and their efforts (via Queen's College , founded on 1 May 1848) to establish a system of qualification for governesses...
Family and Intimate relationships Lucas Malet
LM 's father was the Rev. Charles Kingsley , a clergyman who was already making a name as a Christian social activist and a novelist. Before her birth he had also held a part-time appointment...
Family and Intimate relationships Iris Tree
IT 's mother, Maud (Holt) Tree , taught classics at Queen's College , Harley Street and harboured the ambition of becoming an academic at Girton College .
Queen's College was founded for the training of...
Family and Intimate relationships Emily Davies
ED 's early awareness of the movement for women's education developed through her brother Llewelyn 's involvement with F. D. Maurice in Queen's College , Harley Street, London. Llewelyn became Principal of the College from 1873 to 1886.
Stephen, Barbara. Emily Davies and Girton College. Constable.
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Family and Intimate relationships Viola Tree
VT 's mother, Maud (Holt) Tree , taught classics at Queen's College , Harley Street (a secondary, not post-secondary school for girls), but longed to be a university lecturer at Girton College .
Fielding, Daphne. The Rainbow Picnic. Eyre Methuen.
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Family and Intimate relationships Ethel Lilian Voynich
ELV 's mother, Mary (Everest) Boole , was an English educationist, scholar and spiritualist.
Gray, Anne, and Pam Blevins. The World of Women in Classical Music. WordWorld Publications, pp. 876-7.
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Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
under Mary Boole
Having been tutored in France, boarded at a school in England, and educated by her father, Mary...
Employer Penelope Fitzgerald
After the war PF worked chiefly as a journalist and teacher. The story goes that she adopted elaborate procedures to conceal her identity when submitting work to Punch, which was under her father's editorship...
Employer Sophia Jex-Blake
While she was a student at Queen's College, London , SJB became by invitation a maths tutor there. For this she received a salary, her acceptance of which was disparaged by her father, who wrote...
Education Katherine Mansfield
Kathleen Beauchamp (later KM ) and two of her sisters attended Queen's College , Harley Street, London.
Alpers, Antony. The Life of Katherine Mansfield. Oxford University Press.
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Timeline

1843: The Governesses' Benevolent Association was...

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1843

The Governesses' Benevolent Association was founded in London.

1 May 1848: Queen's College for Women (a secondary, not...

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1 May 1848

Queen's College for Women (a secondary, not a post-secondary institution) was founded in London to educate prospective governesses and improve girls' education generally.

4 April 1850: The North London Collegiate School for Ladies,...

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4 April 1850

The North London Collegiate School for Ladies , founded by Frances Mary Buss as her own venture, re-opened with its new and enduring name at its new address, 46 Camden Street.

11 October 1866: Alexandra College, Dublin, was founded by...

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11 October 1866

Alexandra College , Dublin, was founded by Anne Jellicoe .

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