Bøger af Emily Davies

This groundbreaking study of women in higher education offers a comprehensive analysis of the challenges and opportunities faced by female students in England and Scotland. Drawing on interviews, surveys, and firsthand observations, Emily Davies provides a powerful critique of the gendered policies and practices of Britain's universities. An essential resource for anyone interested in gender studies and education policy.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

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1866. Emily Davies, British feminist and cofounder of Girton College, Cambridge, was an advocate for obtaining the admission of women to university examinations. Out of this undertaking grew a committee to form a college for women. The college was organized at Hitchin, Hertfordshire and then transferred to Cambridge as Girton College. Davies was mistress of the college and its honorary secretary until 1904. She was closely associated with the English woman-suffrage movement and was active in organizing the first woman-suffrage petition presented to Parliament by John Stuart Mill in 1866. The Higher Education of Women is one of her writings. Contents: Ideals; Things as They Are; Things as They Might Be; Professional and Domestic Life; and Specific Suggestions.

Emily Davis (1830-1921) was an English feminist and campaigner for women's education. First published in 1866, this volume discusses the state of education and explores the contemporary attitudes towards female education. This volume also includes two 1854 pamphlets discussing female education and legal restrictions of married women.