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Dec. 12, 1972 - Oxford Woman gets M.A. degree at 100 years of age.: Miss Mabel Purefoy Fitzgerald, aged 100, today received an honorary Master of Arts degree at a special congregation in Oxford University. Originally, when Miss Fitzgerald studied physiology at Oxford at the turn of the century, women were not eligible for degrees. However, Miss Fitzgerald wet on to become an eminent scientist in her own right as well as a friend and colleague of many other Oxford academics. Photo shows Miss Fitzgerald proudly holds up her honorary M.A. degree after today's ceremony

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