Girton College, Cambridge University

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politics Anna Kingsford
She lectured to organizations, societies, and schools, including the highly heterodox Zetetical Society , the Sunday Lecture Society , and the pioneering women students at Girton College , Cambridge.
Pert, Alan. Red Cactus: The Life of Anna Kingsford. Books and Writers, 2006.
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politics Henrietta Müller
After her studies at Girton , Henrietta Müller established herself as an political activist devoted to the social advancement of women. Independently wealthy with no need to earn her living, she was able to pursue...
politics Emily Davies
Girton College was formally constituted through the adoption of its Memorandum and Articles of Association. This year ED was appointed Mistress of the college (which was still at Hitchin).
Stephen, Barbara. Emily Davies and Girton College. Constable, 1927.
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Davies, Emily. “Chronology, Introduction”. Collected Letters, 1861-1875, edited by Ann E. Murphy and Deirdre Raftery, University of Virginia Press, 2004, p. ix - xii, xix-lv.
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politics Emily Davies
The women's college established and headed by ED moved from Hitchin to Girton, a parish about two miles outside Cambridge.
Spender, Dale, editor. The Education Papers. Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1987.
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politics Christina Rossetti
CR , despite her poor health and her disavowal of the role of political poet, was keenly interested in political events and connected herself with contemporary political movements in a range of ways. Her father's...
Publishing Emily Shirreff
Throughout her career ES composed articles for several journals including the Contemporary Review, Fraser's Magazine, and the Fortnightly Review. Her article College Education for Women appeared in August 1870 and Schools of...
Publishing Sarah Waters
While she was working on her thesis, SW also produced several academic articles. A Girton Girl on a Throne: Queen Christina and Versions of Lesbianism, 1906-1933 appeared in Feminist Review in 1994, The Most...
Reception Rosamond Lehmann
These were just her top honours among many. She appeared on radio and tv programmes, acquired an honorary degree from the University of Leeds and an honorary fellowship from Girton , and officially opened the...
Reception Emily Davies
Her papers at Girton include the unpublished manuscript which she referred to as the Family Chronicle, which describes her early life, but from which the hundred pages dealing with the years 1849-61 (present when...
Reception Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon
Her papers are at Girton College and elsewhere.
Reception P. D. James
She received an impressive number of honours from various universities. She had an Honorary DLitt from the Universities of Buckingham (1992), London (1993), Hertfordshire (1994), Glasgow (1995), Durham (1998), and Portsmouth (1999). She also had...
Residence Dora Russell
On leave from her work at Girton College , Dora Black (later Russell ) took an extended research trip to Paris.
Russell, Dora. The Tamarisk Tree: My Quest for Liberty and Love. G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1975.
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Textual Features Amy Levy
Based on George MacDonald 's fairy-tale Double-Story, it concerns a princess who has everything except happiness. It is written with panache: the governess is named Girton ia to signify the excellence of her education...
Textual Production Kathleen Raine
KR gave a Founders' Memorial Lecture at Girton College , Cambridge, entitled Blake and England.
Raine, Kathleen. Blake and England. W. Heffer and Son, 1960.
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Textual Production Helen Blackburn
HB 's personal archive of pamphlets, suffrage society papers, and the sources she chiefly worked from, survives at Girton College, Cambridge , and has been filmed in 29 reels by Primary Source Media .
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
Blackburn, Helen. “Helen Blackburn Archive”. Primary Source Microfilm: Voices of the Women’s Movement, 1850-1900.

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