Victoria College

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1859

The Ladies' Collegiate School , Belfast, was founded by Margaret Byers to prepare Protestant girls to be governesses and teachers.

O’Connor, Anne V. “The Revolution in Girls’ Secondary Education in Ireland, 1860-1910”. Girls Don’t Do Honours: Irish Women in Education in the 19th and 20th Centuries, edited by Mary Cullen, Women’s Education Bureau, 1987, pp. 31-54.

16 August 1878

The Intermediate Education (Ireland) Act was passed, containing an initial recognition of the principle that girls and women had the right to sit for public competitive examinations and to take university degrees.

Jordan, Alison. “‘Opening the Gates of Learning’: The Belfast Ladies’ Institute, 1867-97”. Coming into the Light: The Work, Politics and Religion of Women in Ulster, 1840-1940, edited by Janice Holmes and Diane Urquhart, The Institute of Irish Studies, The Queen’s University of Belfast, 1994, pp. 33-57.

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The Statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Printed by J. Bentham, 1762–2026.

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