Morris was writing too early to know of the existence of that splendid Oxford satirist Alicia D'Anvers
, or to include in a section called Port and PrejudiceMary Jones
's early-eighteenth-century fantasy of a...
Timeline
1870: Oxford University permitted the Delegacy...
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1870
Oxford University
permitted the Delegacy of Local Examinations to examine girls in secondary education.
1873: Administrative consternation was caused when...
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1873
Administrative consternation was caused when the top-ranked candidate in the Oxford Senior Local Examination turned out to be a woman, or girl: the seventeen-year-old Annie Rogers
. Girls had been eligible to sit these exams...
October 1886: St Hugh's College for women was founded at...
