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To mark the fiftieth anniversary of the foundation of Newnham
College, the second Cambridge college to offer university education
to women, its Council asked Alice Gardner to write this short
history, published in 1921. Gardner (1854-1927) had gone up to
Newnham in 1876: she had achieved the highest history degree in her
year (though she was not allowed to graduate), and went on to a
distinguished teaching career in Cambridge and Bristol. The book
describes 'the idea of Newnham', which arose from supporters of
female education in the mid-nineteenth century, the parallel
trajectory of the founders of Girton College, and the small
beginning of what became Newnham, with five students in a house
overlooking Parker's Piece in 1871. Gardner takes the story up to
1914 (with a short epilogue), ending with the hypothesis, 'If
Newnham ever becomes a College of the University ...', a status
eventually achieved in 1948.
Originally published in 1904, this concise volume presents the
content of a lecture delivered at King's College Women's Department
during October 1904. The text focuses on the relationship between
general learning and biblical instruction, putting forward reasons
for bringing the two together in order to encourage 'the full
satisfaction of both the intellectual and the spiritual needs of
man'. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in
religious education, biblical studies and pedagogical history.
This Is A New Release Of The Original 1895 Edition.
This Is A New Release Of The Original 1900 Edition.
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