Newnham College: the women's netball team, 1921
Netball as a sport for women at Cambridge University: the Newnham College lacrosse team, 1921. Newnham College was founded in 1871, and was the second Cambridge College to admit women. This photograph was taken to illustrate the lives of students at Newnham, following anti-feminist demonstrations and the besieging of the college after titular degrees by diploma were granted to women
Picture No
10638709
Media ID
46089961
Size
4500px x 4078px
(1.4MB)
Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
Photograph by Stearn and sons, Cambridge, in The Illustrated London News 1921, 5th November, page 605
Date
1921
