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Connections Author name Excerpt
Characters Penelope Mortimer
Again the subject is an unhappy marriage, in which the wife is plaintive and neurotic and the dislikeable husband is (as a change from the law) a dentist.
Lord, Graham. John Mortimer, The Devil’s Advocate. The Unauthorised Biography. Orion, 2005.
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The work was remarkable for its...
Cultural formation Barbara Cartland
BC , English on both sides, claimed to be able to trace her paternal lineage to the fifteenth century and her maternal one to the eleventh. Her biographer, Tim Heald , however, points that her...
Cultural formation Algernon Charles Swinburne
ACS came from a noble family. His maternal grandparents were George, third earl of Ashburnham and his wife (who was born Lady Charlotte Percy ). His paternal grandfather, Sir John Edward Swinburne , owned an...
Cultural formation Elizabeth Burnet
EB was born into an Englishgentry family. John Fell , Bishop of Oxford (remembered as a scholar and an energetic reformer and upholder of standards at Oxford University and the University Press ), was her...
Cultural formation Marghanita Laski
ML grew up in a liberal, Jewish family of high-level professionals. Her maternal grandfather had been banished from Romania in 1885 and made his new home in England. ML described her childhood religious belief in...
Cultural formation Marina Warner
Her father, a Protestant, called Catholicism a good religion for a girl.
qtd. in
Williams, Elaine. “Marina Warner”. Beyond the Glass Ceiling: Forty Women Whose Ideas Shape the Modern World, edited by Sian Griffiths, Manchester University Press, 1996, pp. 259-67.
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From domestic activities with her Italian mother and maids in what she terms the basement world of female secrets, she learned about...
death Mary Somerville
After her death, much of MS 's library was presented to the Ladies' College at Hitchin (now Girton College , Cambridge), and in 1879 Somerville College at Oxford University was named after her.
Patterson, Elizabeth Chambers. “Mary Fairfax Greig Somerville (1780-1872)”. Women of Mathematics: A Biobiliographic Sourcebook, edited by Louise S. Grinstein and Paul J. Campbell, Greenwood Press, 1987, pp. 208-16.
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Dedications Evelyn Waugh
Its working title was Untoward Incidents. It was rejected as obscene by Duckworth before Waugh turned to his father's firm.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
It is dedicated in Homage and Affection to EW 's Oxford friend and mentor Harold Acton .
Waugh, Evelyn. Decline and Fall. Chapman, 1928.
prelims
Education Jennifer Dawson
JD received her BA in history from Oxford , after final exams postponed for a year because of a health breakdown.
Blain, Virginia et al., editors. The Feminist Companion to Literature in English: Women Writers from the Middle Ages to the Present. Yale University Press; Batsford, 1990.
Whitby, Joy. “In Memory of Jennifer Hinton (Dawson 1949)”. The Ship, Vol.
91
, 2001–2002, pp. 54-5.
54
Education Cecil Frances Alexander
CFA was well educated at home with her sisters, while her brothers attended Oxford .
Blain, Virginia et al., editors. The Feminist Companion to Literature in English: Women Writers from the Middle Ages to the Present. Yale University Press; Batsford, 1990.
Sage, Lorna, editor. The Cambridge Guide to Women’s Writing in English. Cambridge University Press, 1999.
She studied French and English language and literature, eventually becoming fluent in French.
Wallace, Valerie. Mrs. Alexander: A Life of the Hymn-Writer, Cecil Frances Alexander, 1818-1895. Lilliput, 1995.
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Education Catherine Carswell
CC attended the Glasgow School of Art. On her return from Frankfurt she studied English Literature at Queen Margaret's College , the women's college which for nearly a decade had been part of Glasgow University
Education Maude Royden
MR had two years at Cheltenham Ladies' College , from which she won a place at Oxford .
Fletcher, Sheila. Maude Royden: A Life. Basil Blackwell, 1989.
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“Agnes Maude Royden Biography”. BookRags.com.
Royden, Maude. Sex and Common-Sense. G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1922.
prelims
Education Iris Murdoch
IM took her Honours BA, First Class, in Greats (classics, ancient history, and philosophy) at Somerville College , Oxford.
Conradi, Peter J. Iris Murdoch. A Life. HarperCollins, 2002.
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Education Ann Bridge
AB 's three eldest sisters had attended Oxford and one had become a don, though her two other elder sisters had been kept from university life by poor health. Her family assumed that she would...
Education Jeanette Winterson
JW attended Accrington Girls' Grammar School, then Accrington College of Further Education. Although she first failed the Oxford University entrance exams, she travelled to meet with the authorities and persuaded them to give her a...

Timeline

1850: Oxford established Honours examination schools...

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1850

Oxford established Honours examination schools in mathematics and science, ending the academic monopoly of the classics.
Brock, William H. Science for All: Studies in the History of Victorian Science and Education. Variorum, 1996.
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1854: The Oxford University Reform Act first allowed...

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1854

The Oxford University Reform Act first allowed Jews to matriculate and take degrees.
Beckman, Linda Hunt. Amy Levy: Her Life and Letters. Ohio University Press, 2000.
8-9

By 4 March 1854: Northcote and Trevelyan published their Report...

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By 4 March 1854

Northcote and Trevelyan published their Report on the Organization of the Permanent Civil Service.
Cohen, Emmeline W. The Growth of the British Civil Service 1780-1939. Archon Books, 1965, http://U of G.
98-104

1 January 1856: The first issue of the Oxford and Cambridge...

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1 January 1856

The first issue of the Oxford and Cambridge Magazine was published; it sold for a shilling.
Houghton, Walter E., and Jean Harris Slingerland, editors. The Wellesley Index to Victorian Periodicals 1824-1900. University of Toronto Press, 1966–1989, 5 vols.
2: 724
Houghton, Walter E., and Jean Harris Slingerland, editors. The Wellesley Index to Victorian Periodicals 1824-1900. University of Toronto Press, 1966–1989, 5 vols.
2: 725
Houghton, Walter E., and Jean Harris Slingerland, editors. The Wellesley Index to Victorian Periodicals 1824-1900. University of Toronto Press, 1966–1989, 5 vols.
2: 723-5, 729

1860: Oxford University included midwifery in its...

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1860

Oxford University included midwifery in its medical degree.
Moscucci, Ornella. The Science of Woman: Gynaecology and Gender in England, 1800-1929. Cambridge University Press, 1990.
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November 1860: Thomas Hill Green became one of the first...

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November 1860

Thomas Hill Green became one of the first laymen to hold a fellowship at Balliol College .
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.

October 1865: Elizabeth Garrett obtained an apothecary's...

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October 1865

Elizabeth Garrett obtained an apothecary's licence through the Society of Apothecaries : this began her medical career, after her rejection by the Universities of London , Edinburgh , St Andrews , Oxford , and Cambridge .
Franck, Irene, and David Brownstone. Women’s World: A Timeline of Women in History. HarperCollins; HarperPerennial, 1995.
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Alic, Margaret. Hypatia’s Heritage: A History of Women in Science. Women’s Press, 1985.
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Blake, Catriona, and Wendy Savage. The Charge of the Parasols: Women’s Entry to the Medical Profession. Women’s Press, 1990.
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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.
Markham, Felix. Oxford. Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1967.
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Brittain, Vera. The Women at Oxford. George G. Harrap, 1960.
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Stephen, Barbara. Emily Davies and Girton College. Constable, 1927.
105
Herstein, Sheila R. A Mid-Victorian Feminist: Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon. Yale University Press, 1985.
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1871: The University Test Act abolished all religious...

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1871

The University Test Act abolished all religious tests (of loyalty to the Church of England ) at both ancient universities in England (Oxford and Cambridge ) for admittance to matriculation, degrees, prizes, and fellowships.
Veale, Sir Douglas. “Modern Oxford”. Handbook to the University of Oxford, 1969th ed., Oxford University Press, 1969, pp. 29-50.
32-3
Mitchell, Sally, editor. Victorian Britain: An Encyclopedia. Garland Press, 1988.
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March 1871: The first issue of the Oxford University...

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March 1871

The first issue of the Oxford University literary periodical entitled The Dark Blue was published.
Houghton, Walter E., and Jean Harris Slingerland, editors. The Wellesley Index to Victorian Periodicals 1824-1900. University of Toronto Press, 1966–1989, 5 vols.
4: 178-9, 182
Sutherland, John, b. 1938. The Stanford Companion to Victorian Fiction. Stanford University Press, 1989.
170
Solo: Search Oxford University Libraries Online. 18 July 2011, http://solo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=OXVU1&fromLogin=true&reset_config=true.

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...

1875: Oxford University instituted separate examinations...

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1875

Oxford University instituted separate examinations for women at every level.
Trickett, Rachel. “Women’s Education”. St. Hugh’s: One Hundred Years of Women’s Education in Oxford, edited by Penny Griffin, Macmillan, 1986, pp. 5-14.
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Brittain, Vera. The Women at Oxford. George G. Harrap, 1960.
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4 June 1878: Lady Margaret Hall, a women's college at...

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4 June 1878

Lady Margaret Hall , a women's college at Oxford University named after Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Richmond and Derby , was founded.
Grier, Miss L. “Women’s Education at Oxford”. Handbook to the University of Oxford, Clarendon, 1956, pp. 291-9.
291-2
Blain, Virginia et al., editors. The Feminist Companion to Literature in English: Women Writers from the Middle Ages to the Present. Yale University Press; Batsford, 1990.
Keene, Anne. “Mothers of the House”. Oxford Today, Vol.
15
, No. 2, 2003, pp. 29-31.
29, 30
Mitchell, Sally. Frances Power Cobbe: Victorian Feminist, Journalist, Reformer. University of Virginia Press, 2004.
268

1883: J. S. Burdon Sanderson's election as Professor...

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1883

J. S. Burdon Sanderson 's election as Professor of Physiology at Oxford prompted the most publicized nineteenth-century debate between anti-vivisectionists and the proponents of vivisection as an educational tool for studying medicine.
French, Richard D. Antivivisection and Medical Science in Victorian Society. Princeton University Press, 1975.
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29 April 1884: Oxford University began admitting women to...

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29 April 1884

Oxford University began admitting women to honours examinations for degrees, although they were still not awarded the actual degree.
Haydn, Joseph. Haydn’s Dictionary of Dates and Universal Information. Editor Vincent, Benjamin, 23rd ed., Ward, Lock, 1904.
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Pedersen, Joyce Senders. The Reform of Girls’ Secondary and Higher Education in Victorian England: A Study of Elites and Educational Change. Garland, 1987.
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