Earlier I outlined women scholars' entry into the Cambridge world, now here are some memorable female scholars who made a mark on the university.
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| 1931 students of Girton College Life Magazine |
Emily Davies (1830-1921) founded Girton College, the first girls college at Cambridge. She was also a renowned suffragist and feminist.
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| Emily Davies |
Anne Jemima Clough (1820-1892) was a suffragist and established Newnham Collage, which started out as a hostel for women traveling to attend lectures at the University.
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| Anne Clough |
Agnata Ramsay (1867-1931) scored the
top score in the 1887 Classics Exam. She was the only scholar to score
in the highest category. In Punch Magazine a cartoon celebrating her and
supporting women's intellectual equality was featured.
Philippa
Fawcett (1868-1948) made a lasting mark on female education history. On
June 7, 1890 she scored the top score on the Cambridge Math Exam. It
was the hardest test in it's subject, earlier scholars who had studied
for it had suffered from nervous breakdowns or even death after taking
the exam. The highest scoring scholar was always awarded the title of
"Senior Wrangler", because Philippa was female she was not given the
title, the second place scorer received it. Instead she was listed as
"Above the Senior Wrangler". This was the first time a woman had scored
highest in Mathematics and the last. The exam was discontinued in 1909.
Philippa Fawcett
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| Dorothy Garrod |
