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

Anne Jemima Clough organised Lectures for Ladies throughout Northern England.

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 .

Newnham College for women was founded in Cambridge.

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