A danger to the men? : a history of women in Trinity College Dublin 1904-2004 / edited by Susan M. Parkes.

  • Parkes, Susan M.
Date:
2004
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"In 1904 Trinity College became the first of the historic universities of Britain and Ireland to admit women to degrees. A century later, 60 per cent of the student body is female, and many senior positions are held by women, including chancellor and vice provost." "This history traces the long campaign for admission, the achievements of early women graduates, the struggle for equality by female students and staff, and the eventual establishment of the Centre for Gender and Women's Studies. Memoirs and reminiscences of women graduates, collected by the Dublin University Women Graduates' Association, combine with academic essays to tell the story of one hundred years of women in Trinity."--BOOK JACKET.

Publication/Creation

Dublin : Lilliput Press, 2004.

Physical description

xv, 352 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : black and white illustrations ; 25 cm

Contributors

Notes

Signed copy.

Contents

Foreword / Mary Robinson -- Preface / Elizabeth Mayes -- Introduction / Susan M. Parkes -- 1. The higher education of women in Ireland, 1860-1904 / Deirdre Raftery -- 2. The campaign for admission, 1870-1904 / Lucinda Thomson -- 3. The first decade, 1904-14 : a quiet revolution / Susan M. Parkes -- 4. The 'steamboat ladies', the First World War and after / Susan M. Parkes -- 5. The 1930s : consolidation but still discrimination / Susan M. Parkes -- 6. The 1940s : college during the emergency and after / Susan M. Parkes -- 7. The 1950s : breaking the mould / Susan M. Parkes -- 8. The 1960s and '70s : decades of change / Elizabeth Mayes -- 9. Putting women at the centre : the establishment of the centre for gender and women's studies / Maryann Valiulis -- 10. Memoirs through the years -- (1). Trinity Hall / Clarissa Pilkington -- (2). In retrospect / Barbara Wright -- (3). Memoirs of TCD in the 1970s and '80s / Eda Sagarra -- (4). Professor Otway-Ruthven / Salters Sterling -- (5). Scenes that were brighter / Jennifer Gill -- (6). A Catholic experience in the fifties / Mary Jennings -- (7). One of our own, 1973-7 / Ruth Whelan -- (8). College in the 1980s / Gillian Martin -- (9). My Trinity career as a student and lecturer / Ivana Bacik -- 11. A hundred years on / Susan M. Parkes -- App. A. The 1892 memorial -- App. B. Statement of the board regarding women's education, July 1895 -- App. C. Royal letters patent, December 1903 -- App. D. Regulations which women students of Trinity College are expected to observe, 1905 -- App. E. Women fellows, 1968-2003 -- App. F. Women scholars, 1906-2003 -- App. G. DUWGA presidents, 1922-2003 -- App. H. Honorary degrees conferred on women, 1904-2003.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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    History of Medicine
    CBW.472.AA9
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  • 1843510405
  • 9781843510406