Bluestockings
The Remarkable Story of the First Women to Fight for an Education
- Paperback
304 pages
- Release Date
15 June 2010
Summary
‘Tells a story of extraordinary courage and appalling discrimination … Bluestockings is The History Boys for women’ Sunday Times
In 1869, when five women enrolled at university for the first time in British history, the average female brain was thought to be 150 grams lighter than a man’s. Doctors warned that if women studied too hard their wombs would wither and die. When the Cambridge Senate held a vote on whether women students should be allowed official membership of the universit…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780141029719 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0141029714 |
| Author: | Jane Robinson |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 15 June 2010 |
| Weight: | 236g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm x 19mm |
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Social history of the best kind – Sunday Times
Social history of the best kind – Sunday Times * Sunday Times *
Modern girls need reminding of the long battle, and Jane Robinson’s fine book does just that, charting the lives and struggles of campaigners … But there is more joy than sorrow – Mail on Sunday * Mail on Sunday *
Jane Robinson is excellent on the determination of girls to go to university, sometimes in the face of parental opposition … There is also riveting material in Bluestockings on the opposition that the women face at college – Mary Beard, The Times – Mary Beard * The Times *
About The Author
Jane Robinson
Jane Robinson was born in Edinburgh and brought up in Yorkshire. After reading English at Somerville College, Oxford, she became an antiquarian book dealer, later leaving to pursue a writing career. Her books about women travellers and pioneers have established her as an engaging social historian with an appreciative eye for eccentricity. Jane lives near Oxford with her husband and two sons.
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