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Cambridge archives digitise 1897 riot against women students
Original: Cambridge University anti-women students 'confetti and rockets' digitised
Archivists at Cambridge University have digitised materials from the 1897 riot in which male students violently protested against women being awarded degrees, throwing confetti and rockets. The items were collected during the protest, which marked fierce opposition to women's education at the university. The digitisation sheds light on a violent episode in the long fight for women's admission to degrees, which women only formally won in 1948.
Why now: The release of digitised archive material about a notorious anti-women protest has renewed attention to the history of women's struggles at Cambridge.
University of CambridgeNewnham College
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Evidence
- Cambridge University anti-women students 'confetti and rockets' digitised · BBC News
The materials were gathering during a violent protest by those opposed to women getting degrees.
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