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Women at Cambridge
Rita McWilliams Tullberg
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Description for Women at Cambridge
Paperback. A study of women's education at Cambridge, first published in 1975 and now reissued with new material. Num Pages: 260 pages, 9 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DBKEAC; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD1; JNM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 43.
This scrupulously researched and entertaining study of women's education at Cambridge is a book for the general reader as well as the specialist. It reveals a sorry tale of academic intrigue and prejudice. Picking her way through the complicated paths of university politics, the author enlivens her story with accounts of the many characters who were caught up in the battle. First published by Gollancz in 1975, this book is now reissued in paperback, with an extended new Introduction by Gillian Sutherland, to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the first formal admission of women to degrees at Cambridge.
This scrupulously researched and entertaining study of women's education at Cambridge is a book for the general reader as well as the specialist. It reveals a sorry tale of academic intrigue and prejudice. Picking her way through the complicated paths of university politics, the author enlivens her story with accounts of the many characters who were caught up in the battle. First published by Gollancz in 1975, this book is now reissued in paperback, with an extended new Introduction by Gillian Sutherland, to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the first formal admission of women to degrees at Cambridge.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
260
Condition
New
Number of Pages
260
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521644648
SKU
V9780521644648
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Reviews for Women at Cambridge
'… an admirably well written account of a long, involved and deplorable story ... the author remains remarkably cool and objective throughout the book.' T. B. Howarth, The Times Educational Supplement '… a model of what such a study should be'. Barbara Wootton, he Freethinker ' … the story is a fascinating one … Tullberg unravels the most complicated web ... Read more