Women's rights: the siege of Newnham College, 1921

Anti-feminism at Cambridge University: the siege of Newnham College and student pranks. 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, the Jemima Clough Memorial Bronze gates were vandalised, and boisterous undergraduates dressed in drag in protest

Academic Demo Disturbances Feminism Newnham Pranks Protesting Reportage Rowdy Senate Transvestite Voters

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