3/02/2012

International Women's Day Celebration By De Montfort University

A lecture by Jane Robinson, author of Bluestockings: The Remarkable Story of the First Women to Fight for an Education

Based on Jane’s acclaimed book Bluestockings: The Remarkable Story of the First Women to Fight for an Education, this lecture will chart the history of university education in Britain from 1869 to 1939. The book was chosen as BBC Radio 4’s ‘Book of the Week’ and attracted rave reviews, described in the Press as ‘inspiring, funny and thoughtful’ and ‘a gem of a book. Social history of the best kind.’

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