A Kent Girl-Graduate

An uncommon book - VERY GOOD, No marks. Light wear on cover. Binding is solid, pages secure. Paper wraps have light wear. 76 pages ; 24 cm. . . . . . . . TABLE OF CONTENTS: 1.) Childhood -- 2.) The Newnham Years -- 3.) The Gladstone Connection -- 4.) Links With Newnham -- 5.) A Wilder World -- 6.) The Final Years ------- * Bibliography -- * Index. . . . . . . . . FROM THE BACK COVER: Eva Knatchbull-Hugessen was born into an aristocratic Kentish family in 1861, daughter of the first Lord Brabourne and grand-daughter of Jane Austen's favourite niece. At the age of 21 she defied convention by becoming one of the first students at Newnham College, Cambridge. A Kent Girl-Graduate draws on Evas unpublished diaries, held at the Centre for Kentish Studies in Maidstone, to tell the story of her short but unusual life, concentrating particularly on her experiences at Cambridge and the friendship she formed there with Helen Gladstone, daughter of the Liberal Prime Minister. The book affords a valuable insight into the attitudes and activities of a lively personality during the pioneering years ofwomen's higher education.

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Publisher: Author

Year: 1994

Type: Used

Binding: Softcover

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