Delegacy for Women Students

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Delegacy for Women Students
FormationNovember 1, 1910
Dissolved1921
TypeEducational
PurposeGoverning women's education at Oxford University
Headquarters Clarendon Building
Location
Affiliations University of Oxford

The Delegacy for Women Students was a committee formed by the University of Oxford which oversaw the governance of Oxford's women students and colleges. It marked the first time Oxford officially recognised the existence of women students. [1] .

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The idea of the Delegacy came from Henry T. Gerrans, secretary of the Delegacy for Local Examinations, who suggested to the Hebdomadal Council that the University should formally assume supervision and responsibility over women students who had been attending Oxford since 1878. On 1 November 1910, a statute was passed which established the Delegacy, for the first time acknowledging women students to be members of the University and also officially recognising the five women's colleges: St Hilda's College, St Hugh's College, Somerville College, Lady Margaret Hall and the Society of Oxford Home-Students. [2]

The statute had a total of thirteen resolutions, many of which listed the duties and role of the delegacy. Those included:

Many of the Delegacy's roles were transferred from the AWE and the Delegacy of Local Examinations. [3] Its headquarters were located in the basement of the Clarendon Building where it operated alongside the AWE until 1920, when the latter was wound up after the admittance of women as full-time members of Oxford. The following year, the Delegacy was also wound up as the University took its responsibilities. [2]

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References

  1. Brock & Curthoys 2000, p. 269.
  2. 1 2 "1910: The Delegacy for Women Students was established". University of Oxford. Education and Activism: Women at Oxford, 1878–1920.
  3. Salter & Lobel 1954, pp. 351–353.

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