“Contemporary Authors”. Gale Databases: Literature Resource Centre-LRC.
Royal Holloway and Bedford New College, University of London
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Education | Carol Rumens | |
| Education | Richmal Crompton | RC
received her BA in Classics from Royal Holloway College, London University
, where she held several scholarships. Cadogan, Mary. Richmal Crompton. Sutton, 2003. 37 Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/. |
| Education | Jane Gardam | She was twelve when she overheard her English teacher telling her parents that she was clever, well ahead of the standard for her age. By this time she was attending Saltburn High School
for Girls... |
| Education | Julia Wedgwood | Her parents were active in the founding of Queen's College
in May 1848. There and at Bedford College
, JW
attended lectures by F. D. Maurice
and Francis Newman
. James Martineau
was also an influence. Herford, Charles Harold, and Julia Wedgwood. “Frances Julia Wedgwood: A Memoir by the Editor”. The Personal Life of Josiah Wedgwood the Potter, Macmillan, 1915, p. xi - xxx. xv-xvi Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/. |
| Education | Beatrice Harraden | BH
was educated at Dresden in Germany, then at Cheltenham Ladies' College
(a secondary school), Queen's College
, and Bedford College
. She graduated from London University
with a BA in Arts, having studied... |
| Education | Anna Swanwick | Years later, sitting in the capacity of what amounted to a chaperone in classes taught by Francis William Newman
at Bedford College
, she noticed a slight error in his exposition, told him of it... |
| Education | Willa Muir | The Carnegie Trust
funded Willa Anderson (later WM
) to work on a thesis on the problems raised by sex in education at Bedford College
, London; she never finished the thesis. qtd. in Allen, Kirsty, and Willa Muir. “Introduction”. Imagined Selves, edited by Kirsty Allen and Kirsty Allen, Canongate Classics, 1996, p. v - xiii. vii Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/. |
| Education | Freya Stark | FS
studied at Bedford College, University of London
. Geniesse, Jane Fletcher. Passionate Nomad. Random House, 1999. 33, 39 |
| Employer | Ann Oakley | AO
was a Research Officer in the Social Research Unit
at Bedford College, University of London
. Kester-Shelton, Pamela, editor. Feminist Writers. St James Press, 1996. |
| Employer | F. Mabel Robinson | FMR
hoped to become a painter, and devoted most of [her] girlhood to painting qtd. in Bainton, George, editor. The Art of Authorship. J. Clarke, 1890. 326 |
| Employer | Jo Shapcott | JS
began teaching English at Rolle College
in Exmouth (one of the three main campuses of the University of Plymouth
, which, however, is due to be relocated in a movement towards centralization). She then... |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Rosalind Coward | RC
is married to Professor John Ellis
, Head of the Department of Media Arts at Royal Holloway, University of London
. In addition to publishing on visual media, he ran Large Door Productions
from... |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Ivy Compton-Burnett | ICB
came home from Royal Holloway College
with her BA in classics, to teach her younger sisters and to coach her brother Noel
for his exams. Spurling, Hilary. Ivy When Young. Victor Gollancz, 1974. 159 |
| Friends, Associates | Anna Swanwick | Other friends mentioned by her niece and biographer were Fredrika Bremer
, Anna Brownell Jameson
, Frances Power Cobbe
, Thomas Carlyle
, George MacDonald
, Lady Eastlake
, Elizabeth Rundle Charles
, Lady Martin |
| Occupation | Helen Waddell | After Oxford
(where she gave the lectures which launched her scholarly career), HW
applied for various academic jobs, which her biographer Monica Blackett
considers it lucky she did not get. (Many of these jobs included... |
Timeline
1849: Bedford College, initially known as the Ladies'...
Building item
1849
Bedford College
, initially known as the Ladies' College
in Bedford Square, or Mrs Reid's Ladies College
, was founded.
Tuke, Margaret Janson. A History of Bedford College for Women, 1849-1937. Oxford University Press, 1939.
3, 195
Harte, Negley. The University of London 1836-1986. Athlone, 1986.
16, 112, 254, 283
1849: Bedford College, initially known as the Ladies'...
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1849
Bedford College
, initially known as the Ladies' College
in Bedford Square, or Mrs Reid's Ladies College
, was founded.
Tuke, Margaret Janson. A History of Bedford College for Women, 1849-1937. Oxford University Press, 1939.
3, 195
Harte, Negley. The University of London 1836-1986. Athlone, 1986.
16, 112, 254, 283
February 1858: Bessie Rayner Parkes described to George...
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February 1858
Bessie Rayner Parkes
described to George Eliot
, in a letter, the limited company established by the Langham Place group to support The English Woman's Journal.
Herstein, Sheila R. A Mid-Victorian Feminist: Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon. Yale University Press, 1985.
134
Rendall, Jane. “A Moral Engine? Feminism, Liberalism and the English Womans JournalEqual or Different: Womens Politics 1800-1914, edited by Jane Rendall, Basil Blackwell, 1987, pp. 112-38.
118-9
1859: Future anti-slavery lecturer and Bedford...
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1859
Future anti-slavery lecturer and Bedford College
graduate Sarah Parker Remond
, an African American from the northern US, arrived in England.
Midgley, Clare. “Ethnicity, ‘Race’ and Empire”. Women’s History: Britain, 1850-1945, edited by June Purvis, St Martin’s Press, 1995, pp. 247-76.
260
12 October 1874: The College for Working Women was established...
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12 October 1874
The College for Working Women
was established in Fitzroy Street in London.
Purvis, June. A History of Women’s Education in England. Open University Press, 1991.
46-51
Haydn, Joseph. Haydn’s Dictionary of Dates and Universal Information. Editor Vincent, Benjamin, 23rd ed., Ward, Lock, 1904.
1395
1886: Royal Holloway College for women was founded...
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1886
Royal Holloway College
for women was founded at Egham in Surrey, twenty miles from London, and opened by Queen Victoria
.
Dyhouse, Carol. No Distinction of Sex? Women in British Universities, 1870-1939. UCL Press, 1995.
38
Thompson, Francis Michael Longstreth, editor. The University of London and the World of Learning 1836-1986. Hambledon Press, 1990.
xix
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.
13
Spurling, Hilary. Ivy When Young. Victor Gollancz, 1974.
144
Dyhouse provides a date of 1883, but other sources agree on 1886.
1886: Royal Holloway College for women was founded...
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1886
Royal Holloway College
for women was founded at Egham in Surrey, twenty miles from London, and opened by Queen Victoria
.
Dyhouse, Carol. No Distinction of Sex? Women in British Universities, 1870-1939. UCL Press, 1995.
38
Thompson, Francis Michael Longstreth, editor. The University of London and the World of Learning 1836-1986. Hambledon Press, 1990.
xix
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.
13
Spurling, Hilary. Ivy When Young. Victor Gollancz, 1974.
144
Dyhouse provides a date of 1883, but other sources agree on 1886.
31 October 1910: Frances Olive Underhill, a graduate of Royal...
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31 October 1910
Frances Olive Underhill
, a graduate of Royal Holloway College
, was appointed by E. W. B. Nicholson
Assistant Librarian at the Bodleian
: the first woman so appointed in England, after considerable infighting and...
1913: Caroline Spurgeon became the first woman...
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1913
Caroline Spurgeon
became the first woman professor in Britain when she was named Professor of English Literature at Bedford College
.
Harte, Negley. The University of London 1836-1986. Athlone, 1986.
254
Duncan-Jones, Katherine. “Why Have So Few Women Written on Shakespeare?”. Early Modern Lives: Biography and Autobiography, Renaissance and Seventeenth Century Conference, London, 28 June 2002.
11 July 1919: University women from Britain, the USA, and...
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11 July 1919
University women from Britain, the USA, and Canada met in London to plan the founding of the International Federation of University Women , which held an inaugural conference at Bedford College
, London, in 1920.
Morley, Edith. Before and After: Reminiscences of a Working Life. Editor Morris, Barbara, Two Rivers Press, 2016.
155, 189
1948: The University of London appointed Professor...
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1948
The University of London
appointed Professor Lilian Penson
vice-chancellor, the first time a woman held this position at a British university.
“Women’s History Timeline”. BBC: Radio 4: Woman’s Hour.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
Early 1975: Gay Sweatshop Theatre Company was founded...
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Early 1975
Gay Sweatshop Theatre Company
was founded as a result of plans by a London co-operative community arts resource centre, Inter-Action
, for a season of gay plays to follow their successful women's season.
“Gay Sweatshop Theatre Company”. AIM25: Royal Holloway College, University of London.
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