Association for the Education of Women

The Association for the Education of Women was formed in 1878 to promote the education of women at the University of Oxford.

This article is about the organisation in Oxford. For the organisation in Spain, see Asociación para la Enseñanza de la Mujer.

It was preceded by extramural lectures for women from 1873.[1] These were organised by the "don's wives" and the women involved included Mary Augusta Ward, Louise Creighton and Charlotte Byron Green.[2]

The association was formed at a meeting at Jesus College in 1878 and G G Bradley, the Master of University College, Oxford was chosen as the first chairman.[1]

It was realised that a new hall in Oxford was required where women students could live whilst at university. The consensus was split on religious grounds and some wanted a hall which ignored a woman's denomination whilst others like Lavinia Talbot supported a hall for Anglo Catholics.[3] The first women's halls at the university, the denomination free Somerville Hall and Lady Margaret Hall, opened in 1879.[1] A number of non-resident students also enrolled, a group which later developed into St Anne's College.[4]

The AEW organised lectures and tutorials for female students at all the women's halls.[4]

In 1911 the University set up a Delegacy for Women Students and in 1920 women were allowed to become members of the university and the AEW was dissolved.[4]

The women honorary secretaries of the AEW were: Charlotte Byron Green (1880–3), Bertha Johnson (1883–94) and Annie Rogers (1894–1920).[4]

References
  1. Brockliss, L. W. B. (2016). "The University of Oxford: A History". Oxford University Press.
  2. "Green [née Symonds], Charlotte Byron (1842–1929), promoter of women's education". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/48416. Retrieved 2020-08-14.
  3. "Talbot [née Lyttelton], Lavinia (1849–1939), promoter of women's education". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/52031. Retrieved 2020-08-12.
  4. "St. Anne's College". British History Online. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
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