Newnham College: third year students, 1921
A group of third year students at Newnham College, Cambridge University, 1921. At this time, women were not accorded equal academic rights and privileges with men at the university, and disturbances broke out following the vote by the Senate of Cambridge University to grant women titular degrees, but not full membership of the University, which was carried by 1012 votes to 370. Newnham College was besieged by anti-feminist protesters, and following this, the Illustrated London News ran a feature on the students of Newnham, this picture forming the focal piece
Picture No
10638710
Media ID
46081651
Size
4650px x 3921px
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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
