biology 149, 155, 160
Birkbeck College 32, 220
Birmingham University 55, 77, 82, 96, 101, 104
debates 171–2
Degree Day 141–2
entrance examinations 102
magazine (The Mermaid) 78, 158
mountaineering 169
Bishop, Elisabeth 180, 184–5, 197, 201, 214–15
Blackwell, Elizabeth 36, 38
Bluestockings, origins of term 5–7
Boccaccio, Giovanni 13
Bodichon, Barbara 26, 36, 38, 41, 45
Bott, Miss 216
Bowerman, Elsie 185
Bristol University 53, 97, 223
British Federation of University Women 211
British Women’s Anti-Suffrage League 175
Brittain, Vera 116, 117, 119, 173–4, 196
Britton, Barbara 216
Brontë, Charlotte, Jane Eyre 28, 31
Brooksbank, Ina 127
budgeting 120–21
Buller, Amy 98
Burgon, Dean 75, 205
Burney, Fanny 7
Buss, Frances Mary 34, 35–6, 42, 51, 55, 62, 71–2
Butler, Josephine 39
Byass, Kathleen 96–7
Byron, George Gordon, Lord, Don Juan 155
Cairns, Lady Katherine 193
Callender, Bessie 93–4, 102–3, 135, 214
calling cards 108–9
callisthenics 73
Cambridge Higher Local examinations 41, 43, 44, 47, 55–6
Cambridge Junior Local examinations 42–3, 44
Cambridge University 101, 141, 207
academic dress 135–7
accommodation 110–111, 111–12
ballot on membership for women 78–9
degrees awarded to women xxiii, 22, 138, 208
entrance examinations 102
examinations opened to women 51
first woman to read philosophy 22
rowing 167–8
Tripos 47, 141, 146, 208
tutors 151
see also individual colleges
Camden School for Girls 55
careers for women 72, 205–218
Carpenter, Edward 65
Carter, Elizabeth 7, 8–9
Carter, Winifred 178
Cass, Edith 55
Casterton School 28, 35
Champney, Sir Basil 48, 222
chaperones xxiii, 49–50, 65, 66, 109, 149, 160, 222
Chapone, Hester 7
charity work 196–7, 238
Cheltenham Ladies’ College 35, 55
Clarke, Edward 73–4
Clough, Anne Jemima 39, 46, 47, 48, 49, 78, 79, 102
cocoa parties 2, 57, 62, 117, 124, 128, 164, 178, 180–81
Cohen, Hannah 85, 213–14
Collet-Brown, Marjorie 165, 173
Combe, William, The Third Tour of Dr Syntax in Search of a Wife 6
combis (combinations) 135
Committee for Nominal Degrees for Women 78
Cook, Rachel 44
Courtney, Kathleen 79–80, 121
Cowan Bridge School 28
Creighton, Gemma 139
curfew 124, 181
cycling 169–70
daily routines 57–8, 60–61, 123–6, 143
Dale, Sir Alfred 175–6
dances 50–51, 127, 164, 176–8, 180, 193
d’Andrea, Novella 13
Dane, Clemence, Regiment of Women 200
Davies, Emily 38–9, 41–3, 44–5, 46, 47, 55, 70, 208, 211
debating societies 130, 164, 171–2
Defoe, Daniel 19–21, 25
Degree Day 141–2
Dickens, Charles 31
Dixon, Katie 66, 91, 102, 125–6, 132, 187
Downe House 55
drama clubs 60, 130, 172–3
Drapers’ Company 92
dropping-out 48–9, 185–6, 188
Dundee College 91–2
Durham University 61, 63, 76, 85, 116, 149, 191
accommodation 111
degrees awarded to women 54
Doves 208
graduate careers 211
house rules 125
netball 165
rowing accident 167
scholarship examinations 102–3
social intercourse 110
Durham University Journal 70, 159
Edwards, Kathleen 96
Egeria, Abbess 11–12
Eliot, George 36
Elisabeth, Dowager Queen of Belgium 131
Elizabeth, Princess 15
Elizabeth I 14
Ellis, Havelock 200
Emmerson, Jessie 52–3, 57, 160
end-of-term interviews 157
endowments 91, 113
English Woman’s Journal 38, 221
Epictetus, Complete Works 9
Erasmus 13
Essay to Revive the Antient Education of Gentlewomen (Makin) 15–17
Essay Upon Projects, An (Defoe) 19–21
Evans, Mary Ann (George Eliot) 36
examinations 51, 145–6
entrance 101–3
public 41–4, 47, 55–6
scholarship 102–3
exercise 73, 74, 108, 165–6, 166
Exeter University 53, 223
expulsion 125, 135, 178, 190, 191, 193
Fabiola 12
Faithfull, Emily 38
fashion 133–5
Fawcett, Philippa 146, 232–3
finals (final examinations) 139–41
finishing schools 34
fire drills 58, 59, 60
First World War 159, 194–6, 209
Fletcher, Barbara 213
Footman, Rachel 76–7, 150, 189, 215
Fredericks, Daphne, Grace, and Julie 98–9, 169, 228
Freeman, Gwendolen 106–7, 111–12, 118, 133, 135, 161–2, 213, 215–16
freshers 106–122
friendship 108, 117–18, 122, 130–33, 153–4, 197–201
Fritillary 90
Fry, Margery 172
‘Galloping Girls’ 14
Garrett Anderson, Elizabeth 38, 41, 42, 45, 74, 84, 233
Garrick, David 5
Gentlewomen’s Companion (Woolley) 18–19
Germany 56
Gibson, Emily 44, 154
Girl Guides 108
Girl’s Own Paper xxii, 84, 94, 136
Girls’ Public Day School Trust 55
Girton College 22, 79, 86–7, 92, 98, 133, 208
accommodation 111–12
anthem 174
buildings 47
daily routine 57–8, 60–61
examinations 46–7
fire drill 58, 60
first students 44
foundation 39
graduates 203–4
grounds 170
High Table 62
house rules 125
mixed dances 176–7
objections to 36–7
swimming pool 169
governesses 30–32, 33
Governesses’ Benevolent Institution 31, 32, 33, 38
graduation 141–2
Great Depression 213
Greaves, Jessie 177
Green, Edna 217–18
Gwyer, Miss 134–5
Hadow, Grace 101
Hanschell, Daphne 100, 105, 119, 151
Harding, Beryl 114
Harvey, Daphne 86
Hild 12–13
Hingston, Alison xxi–xxii, 235
Hobbs, Portia 65
Hobhouse, Christopher 81
Hodgkin, Dorothy 147
Holtby, Winifred 205
home tutoring 25
Hull University 55, 113–14, 223
Humanism 13
Hunt, Joan 148
Hutton, Barbara 151
Hypatia of Alexandria 12
Ilbert, Lettice 147
illness 186–8
Imperial College 52, 165
Incorporated Secretaries’ Journal 211–12
Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary 14
interviews 104–5
Iowa University 56
Ireland 56
James I 18
JCR see Junior Common Room Jean de Meun 13
Jebb, Eglantyne 80, 147
Jex-Blake, Miss 78
Johnson, Samuel 5
Jones, Leta 182
Journal of Careers 211, 212
Junior Common Room 170–71
Kempner, Martha 101
Ker, Margaret 175–6
King’s College, London 32, 52, 63, 103–4, 217
academic records 156
accommodation 111
Ladies’ Educational Associations 39, 54
‘Ladies of Langham Place’ 37–8
Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford 52, 57, 79–80, 81, 89, 98, 117, 185
Langham Place 37–8
Lawrence, D. H., The Rainbow 200
Lea, Erica 212
lectures 144–5
‘Lectures to Ladies’ 32, 39
Leeds University 100, 104, 131, 140, 165, 223
academic records 155–6
Junior Common Room 171
routines 123
legal profession 206–7
Lehmann, Rosamund, Dusty Answer 148
Leicester University 55, 177, 223
leisure pursuits 163–83
lesbianism 118, 198–201, 209
letters home 106–7
Lewis, C. S. 76
‘Little-Go’ 46–7, 48, 86, 145
Liverpool University 98, 99–100, 101, 104, 155, 223
chaperones 109
domestic staff 127
house rules 125
sardine parties 180–81
suffragettes 175–6
University Hall 113
Lloyd Davies, Dilys 48–9, 50–51
Lloyd George, David 212
LMH see Lady Margaret Hall
London School of Economics 52, 217
London School of Medicine for Women 56
London University 36, 39, 41, 42, 101, 128, 187, 208
academic dress 136, 137
careers advice 209
entrance examinations 101–2
as examining body 53, 55
first women graduates 136, 137
sports 166–7
women accepted 51–2
women’s colleges 52
see also individual colleges
Lonsdale, Kathleen 85–6
Lovegrove, Joan 213
Lumsden, Dame Louisa 44
Macaulay, Catherine 6–7, 25
Macdonald, Bella and Louisa 93
McGonagall, William 91–2, 226–7
Macleod, Bessie 57–8, 60–61
McNeill, Molly 145, 153
Maddy, Doris 86–7
maids
college 126–7
personal 110
Makin, Bathsua 15–18, 24, 33, 38
Manchester University xxiii, 61, 82, 101, 104, 124, 129, 189, 202, 223
academic dress 137
Ashburne Hall 111–12
debates 171
fire drill 59
graduation ceremony 141
house rules 125
Junior Common Room 171
Langwith Hall 123
meals 62
unacceptable behaviour 191–2
marriage 203, 204, 206
Married Women’s Property Act 38
Mary Datchelor School 92
Mason, Sarah 62, 66–7, 182, 193–4, 215
Maudsley, Henry 70, 71
Maurice, Frederick Denison 32–3
Maynard, Constance Louisa 22–3, 25–6, 30, 41, 43–4, 45, 52, 85, 160–61, 197–9, 214, 234
Maynard, George 25
meals 2, 58, 61–2, 127–9, 194–5
Mechanics’ Institute 32, 220–21
medicine 56, 69, 94
London University 41, 52
women students as distraction 61
menstruation 71, 74, 109–110, 186–7, 237
Michigan University 56
Moberley, Miss 152
Montagu, Elizabeth 5–6, 10
Montagu, Lady Mary Wortley 10–11
moral tutors 185
More, Hannah 7
More, Thomas 14
Morgan, Joan 103–4, 121
Morley, Edith 210
Morton, Margery 120
motherhood, incompatibility with education 72–4
Moulton, Mr 154
mountaineering 169
Murray, Diana 101
music 173–4
music academies 84
New York University 56
Newcastle, Margaret, Duchess of 18–19
Newnham College xxi–xxii, 79, 170
buildings 47–8
examinations 47
foundation 46
graduates 203, 204
meals 61–2
routine 125–6
Newton, Sir Isaac, Philosophy Explain’d for the Use of Ladies 9
Nightingale, Florence 23–4, 29, 37, 40, 83–4
North, Lord 7
North London Collegiate School 34, 35, 49, 51, 55
North of England Council for Promoting the Higher Education of Women 39, 46
Nottingham University 53, 125, 223
nursing schools 84
Oberlin College 56
opposition to women students 69–88
Orr, Audrey 113
Oswy, King 13
overseas students 101
Oxford Higher Local examinations 55
Oxford University 101, 114
academic dress 135–7
accommodation 110–111
arts students 77
characterization of women students 80–81
degrees awarded to women 138, 148, 207, 208
drama 172–3
entrance examinations 103
First World War 196
following First World War 159
incorporation of women’s halls xxiii
installation of Lord North as Vice-Chancellor 7
regulations 190–91
rowing 167–8
science students 76–7
tutors 151
women’s colleges 52–3
see also individual colleges/halls
Paley, Mary 30, 41, 46, 102
parents, visits from 110
Parkes, Bessie Rayner 38
Pattinson, Winifred 78, 79
Paues, Anna 206
Peacock, Irene 216
Pearson, Mrs 1–4
Pearson, Beatrice (Trixie) 1–4, 180, 188, 215
Penrose, Miss 97
Perham, Margery 153
Pestalozzi, Johann 34
pets 110
Phare, Elsie 141, 206
Pigrome, Stella 98
Pizan, Christine de 13–14
Plant, Mary 147
Pollard, Miss 148
Potter, Mrs 32
Powell, Dilys 8
Prideaux, Sarah 91
Princess Ida (Gilbert and Sullivan) 67–8
Procter, Adelaide 38
Proud, Kathleen 166
pupil-teachers 28–9
Pym, Barbara 179
Queen Mary College 52, 131
Queen’s College 32–5, 37
Querelle des Femmes 13
‘rag week’ 196
Ramsay, Agnata 146, 232
Reading University 53, 131, 210
Reid, Elizabeth Jesser 36
Renaissance 13–14
Representation of the People Act 210
Reynolds, Joshua 5, 7
Rich, Florence 96
Ridehalgh, Ruth 216
Roaf, Christina 89–90
Robinson, Helen 217
Roedean 55
Rogers, Miss (Annie) 152, 224
Rogers, Miss (student) 32
Rooke, Miss 105
Rowell, Irene 148–9
rowing 166–8
Rowlandson, Thomas 6
Royal Holloway College 36, 52, 76, 111, 112, 113, 200–201
academic reports 158
house rules 115, 125
mountaineering 169
rowing 166
swimming pool 169
Royden, Maude 145–6
Ruck, Agneta 65
rules and regulations 115, 125, 190–93
Ruskin, John 75
St Anne’s College see Society of Home Students St Hilda’s College 1–4, 52, 81, 87, 105, 120, 129, 222
academic reports 157–8
library 148
meals 127
Shawcross Affair 192–3
St Hugh’s College 52–3, 81, 134–5, 160
meals 127–8
tutors 152, 153
Salter, Sir Arthur 101
Sayers, Dorothy L. xxiv, 143, 146, 173–4
Gaudy Night 192
scholarships 52, 86, 92, 94, 96, 97, 102–3, 121, 189, 203
schools
charity 27–8
dame 15
for girls 14–15, 26–9, 32–6, 55
girls offered places at 15
Mrs Makin’s 17
Scotland 56
‘sending down’ 67, 125, 135, 178, 190, 191, 193
Serious Proposal to the Ladies, A (Astell) 19
Sewell, Elizabeth 37
sex and sex education 109–110, 118–19, 154–5, 164, 178–9
Sex Disqualification Removal Act 206–7, 210
Shawcross, Edith 193
Sheffield University 53, 100, 101, 223
Sheldon, Frances 139
Sidgwick, Eleanor 46, 47, 157
Sidgwick, Henry 46, 47, 48, 51
Skeat, Walter William 204
slang 131–2
Smedley, Elizabeth 105, 106
Smith College 56
social class 81
Society for the Promotion of Employment for Women 38
Society of Home Students 52, 99, 101, 113, 117–18
academic records 156–7
Somerville College 52, 76, 81, 89–90, 97, 105, 116, 130–31, 140–41, 151
declaration of objectives 205
eccentric students 65
house rules 125
meals 194
rowing 168
‘Song for Maidens’ 77
Southampton University 55, 223
Stenhouse, Cynthia 149, 215
Stillingfleet, Benjamin 5–6
Stopes, Marie 146, 199, 233
Stuart, James 39, 54
suffragettes and suffragists 70, 174–6
suicide 185–6
Sydney University 93
Talbot, Catherine 7
Taunton Commission 55, 223
Taylor, Freda 113–14
teacher-training colleges 29, 30, 84
teachers 95–7
teaching as a career 202–4, 211, 213–14
tennis 165
Tennyson, Alfred, Lord 22–3, 220–21
Thackeray, William Makepeace, Vanity Fair 31
Thoughts on the Education of Daughters (Wollstonecraft) 220
Thrale, Henry 7
Thrale, Hester 7, 219–20
Tolkien, J. R. R. 76
Tripos see Cambridge University
Tuke, Miss 52
tutors and tutorials 144–5, 150–54