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From Girls' Own Paper - 1880 (Vol. 1)

Here's some interesting information from the introduction to the article on Girton College:

"The higher education of women" is a hackneyed phrase, which has served as a peg to many -- who do not stop to consider what the words may mean -- whereon to hang anything they may wish to say in ridicule of the general desire of women in the present day to possess for themselves, and to give to others, those educational and intellectual advantages which have so long been denied them...

The article goes on to discuss the founding of the "National Union for Improving the Education of Women of All Classes" in 1871 -- which was the foundation from which Girton College sprang.

Our Schools: A look at the "principal public schools" of Britain, including information on tuition and courses taught.
Our Colleges: Continuing from the previous article, this one examines the principle UK colleges that admitted women in 1880.
Girton College: Girton College was one of the better-known schools for the "higher education" of women; the term "Girton Girl" crops up in a number of issues of Girl's Own Paper!

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