University Coeducation in the Victorian Era Inclusion in the Uni
University Coeducation in the Victorian Era chronicles the inclusion of women in state-supported male universities during the nineteenth century. Based on primary sources produced by the administrators, faculty, and students, or other contemporary Victori
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University Coeducation in the Victorian Era Inclusion in the United States and the United Kingdom
Christine D. Myers
UNIVERSITY COEDUCATION IN THE VICTORIAN ERA
Copyright © Christine D. Myers, 2010. Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2010 978-0-230-62237-1 All rights reserved. First published in 2010 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN® in the United States—a division of St. Martin’s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Where this book is distributed in the UK, Europe and the rest of the world, this is by Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries.
ISBN 978-1-349-38409-9 ISBN 978-0-230-10993-3 (eBook) DOI 10.1057/9780230109933 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available from the Library of Congress. A catalogue record of the book is available from the British Library. Design by Newgen Imaging Systems (P) Ltd., Chennai, India. First edition: July 2010 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
This book is gratefully dedicated to the students whose names appear in its pages and to their classmates and colleagues, family and friends, who supported their efforts, and also to my own
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CON T E N T S
List of Images
ix
Acknowledgments
xi
Abbreviations of Archives and Special Collections Used One
The Process of Inclusion
Two
Victorian Views of Coeducation
xiii 1 27
Three Administration and Legislation
45
Four
Academic Student Life
63
Five
Facilitating Coeducation
93
Six
Extracurricular Student Life
119
Seven
Student Publications
145
Eight
Life After Graduation
167
Nine
Drawing Conclusions
185
Notes
191
Bibliography
243
Index
271
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I M AGE S
Cover illustration: Students in library from The Garnet and Black 1900. Courtesy of the University of South Carolina Archives, South Caroliniana Library. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Earliest surviving photograph of Queen’s College, Belfast staff and students, c. 1886 Illustration of “Princess Ida” from Songs of a Savoyard, 1894 “The College Government,” a student illustration from La Vie, the Pennsylvania State College Yearbook, in 1893 Dr. Allen’s English Class, c. 1890s, Columbia, Missouri The campus of the University of Wisconsin in Madison, c. 1873 Women’s Boating Club in the 1890s, Aberystwyth, Wales Illustrations from the Glasgow University Magazine shortly before the admission of women to the institution in 1892 Excerpt from Margaret Boyd’s Diary, Sunday, June 22, 1873, Ohio University Life Drawing Class at University College, London, 1881, from the Illustrated London News
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AC K NOW L E DGM E N T S
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