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The second half of the nineteenth century saw a rise in educational opportunities for women. Schools were founded in the UK, including London Collegiate School (1850), Cheltenham Ladies’ College (1853), and the Girls’ Public Day School Trust (from 1872). The first women’s university college in the UK, Girton, was founded in 1869, as already mentioned, and others soon followed: Newnham (1871) and Somerville (1879), named after Mary. Indira Gandhi, Dorothy Hodgkin, and Margaret Thatcher are among the notable alumnae of Somerville College, which in 1992, after a long debate, ceased to be reserved strictly for women and also began to admit men.
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Strickland, E. (2016). Mary Somerville, Science, and Women Rights. In: The Ascent of Mary Somerville in 19th Century Society. Springer Biographies. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-49193-6_13
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