New College for Men and Women

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Occupation Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon
Its first teacher was Elizabeth Whitehead , later the founder of the Working Women's College . Its eighty pupils included Catholics, Jews, Unitarians, and freethinkers. The school, which was heavily subsidised by Smith and cost...
Occupation Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon
The school ran for ten years. On its demise, Smith donated the equipment to Elizabeth Malleson 's Working Women's College .
Herstein, Sheila R. A Mid-Victorian Feminist: Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon. Yale University Press.
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Family and Intimate relationships Hannah Cullwick
She was thirty-nine years old when they married, and he forty-four.
Hudson, Derek, and Arthur Joseph Munby. Munby, Man of Two Worlds. J. Murray.
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Munby's family knew neither of Hannah nor of the marriage until after his death.
Cullwick, Hannah. “Introduction and Notes”. The Diaries of Hannah Cullwick, Victorian Maidservant, edited by Liz Stanley, Rutgers University Press, pp. 1 - 28, passim.
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The marriage was childless. There is some dispute...
Education Hannah Cullwick
During this period (as well as undertaking the wide reading mentioned above) HC attended evening classes at the Working Women's College , in French, literature, biology, and physiology.
Cullwick, Hannah. “Introduction and Notes”. The Diaries of Hannah Cullwick, Victorian Maidservant, edited by Liz Stanley, Rutgers University Press, pp. 1 - 28, passim.
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Timeline

1842: People's College, the first Working Men's...

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1842

People's College , the first Working Men's College in England, opened in Sheffield; it also admitted women.

October 1864: The Working Women's College opened in Queen...

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October 1864

The Working Women's College opened in Queen Street, London.

October 1864: The Working Women's College opened in Queen...

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October 1864

The Working Women's College opened in Queen Street, London.

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.

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