Archive for January 25th, 2009

Sunday, January 25th, 2009

Rev. John Hill Watmough born at Preston in 1854

Until fairly recent times it was only the sons of wealthy men who had the privilege of attending University.  Women were not allowed to attend at all. Even when Emily Davies and Barbara Bodichon helped to set up Girton College, Cambridge in 1870 - the first University College for women, it was not recognised by […]

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