Steamboat ladies
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Steamboat ladies was the name given to those female students at the women's college
s of the universities
of Oxford
and Cambridge
who between the years 1904 and 1907 were conferred with ad eundem
University of Dublin
degrees
at Trinity College, Dublin
, at a time when their own universities refused to confer degrees upon women. The name comes from the means of transport commonly used by these women to travel to Dublin, Ireland
, for the purpose.
Women's college
Women's colleges in higher education are undergraduate, bachelor's degree-granting institutions, often liberal arts colleges, whose student populations are composed exclusively or almost exclusively of women...
s of the universities
University
A university is an institution of higher education and research, which grants academic degrees in a variety of subjects. A university is an organisation that provides both undergraduate education and postgraduate education...
of Oxford
University of Oxford
The University of Oxford is a university located in Oxford, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest surviving university in the world and the oldest in the English-speaking world. Although its exact date of foundation is unclear, there is evidence of teaching as far back as 1096...
and Cambridge
University of Cambridge
The University of Cambridge is a public research university located in Cambridge, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest university in both the United Kingdom and the English-speaking world , and the seventh-oldest globally...
who between the years 1904 and 1907 were conferred with ad eundem
Ad eundem degree
An ad eundem degree is a courtesy degree awarded by one university or college to an alumnus of another. The recipient of the ad eundem degree is often a faculty member at the institution where he or she is receiving the honor....
University of Dublin
University of Dublin
The University of Dublin , corporately designated the Chancellor, Doctors and Masters of the University of Dublin , located in Dublin, Ireland, was effectively founded when in 1592 Queen Elizabeth I issued a charter for Trinity College, Dublin, as "the mother of a university" – this date making it...
degrees
Academic degree
An academic degree is a position and title within a college or university that is usually awarded in recognition of the recipient having either satisfactorily completed a prescribed course of study or having conducted a scholarly endeavour deemed worthy of his or her admission to the degree...
at Trinity College, Dublin
Trinity College, Dublin
Trinity College, Dublin , formally known as the College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Queen Elizabeth near Dublin, was founded in 1592 by letters patent from Queen Elizabeth I as the "mother of a university", Extracts from Letters Patent of Elizabeth I, 1592: "...we...found and...
, at a time when their own universities refused to confer degrees upon women. The name comes from the means of transport commonly used by these women to travel to Dublin, Ireland
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
, for the purpose.
Notable steamboat ladies
- Dorothy Brock
- Sarah Burstall
- Frances DoveFrances DoveDame Jane Frances Dove, DBE, JP was an English women's campaigner who founded Wycombe Abbey and other girls' schools....
- Gertrude EllesGertrude EllesGertrude Lilian Elles MBE was a British geologist, known for her work on graptolites.Born in Wimbledon, she was educated at Wimbledon High School and Newnham College, Cambridge, where in 1895 she received first class honours in the Natural Science tripos...
- Lilian Faithfull
- Philippa FawcettPhilippa FawcettPhilippa Garrett Fawcett was an English mathematician and educationalist.She was the daughter of the suffragist Millicent Fawcett and of Henry Fawcett MP, Professor of Political Economy at Cambridge and Postmaster General in Gladstone's government...
- Florence Gadesen
- Ethel Gavin
- Frances Ralph Gray
- Katharine Jex-BlakeKatharine Jex-BlakeKatharine Jex-Blake , was an English classical scholar, mistress of Girton College, Cambridge.-Early life:...
- Lilian Knowles
- Penelope Lawrence
- Ellen McArthurEllen McArthurEllen Annette McArthur was a British economic historian.She was educated at Girton College, Cambridge, where she later became the Tutor in history. In 1893 she became the first female lecturer at the University of Cambridge Local Examinations & Lectures Syndicate. She was the first woman to...
- Edith Major
- Emily PenroseEmily PenroseDame Emily Penrose, DBE was Principal of Somerville College, Oxford University from 1907 until 1926. She was the second of five children and eldest of the four daughters of Francis Cranmer Penrose, architect and archaeologist.-Career:Penrose, who never married, was emblematic of the history of...
- Bertha PhillpottsBertha PhillpottsDame Bertha Surtees Phillpotts was an English scholar in Scandinavian languages, literature, history, archaeology and anthropology.-Biography:...
- Eleanor RathboneEleanor RathboneEleanor Florence Rathbone was an independent British Member of Parliament and long-term campaigner for women's rights. She was a member of the noted Rathbone family of Liverpool.-Life:...
- Shena SimonShena SimonShena Dorothy Simon was a politician and educational reformer in Manchester, England.-Early years:Shena Dorothy Potter was born on 21 October 1883, daughter of John Wilson Potter and Jane Boyd Potter....
- Eugénie Strong
- Margaret TukeMargaret TukeDame Margaret Janson "Meta" Tuke, MA, DBE was a British academic and educator, was the youngest child of James Hack Tuke.-Education:...
- Katharine Wallas
- Mary Hay Wood