Hitchin College for Women
Hitchin College for women was the precursor to Girton,
the first women’s college at Cambridge University, which was founded
in 1869 by the pioneering education reformer Emily Davies. With the opening
of Girton, women were allowed to attend Cambridge faculty lectures, live
in college, and sit for exams. For the first time, women were granted
the formal educational opportunities that for centuries had been the exclusive
preserve of men. A second women’s college at Cambridge, Newnham,
was founded shortly thereafter.
Emily Davies battled to keep the curriculum and exams for women just as challenging as those required of men. The Hitchin Prospectus shown here presents a program of study for women preparing to take university entrance exams.
College for Women, at Hitchin, Hertfordshire. April,
1869.
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