Nine Graces Explained
The term "The Nine Graces" or Nine Muses referred to the nine women who were the first to be awarded degrees from the Royal University of Ireland in 1884. They were the first women in Great Britain or Ireland to be awarded degrees. Five of the women gained honours and four others also passed. Most of these women had received some of their teaching in Alexandra College.[1] [2] [3] [4]
The Nine Graces
- Isabella Mulvany, headmistress of Alexandra School, activist for women's education
- Alice Oldham (honours in logic, metaphysics, history of philosophy), activist for women's education, teacher
- Jessie Twemlow, later Meredith (honours in modern literature)[5]
- Marion Kelly (honours in modern literature)
- Annie Mary Sands (Rutland School)[6]
- Eliza Wilkins
- Charlotte M. Taylor (honours in music and modern literature)
- Louisa M. McIntosh (honours in modern literature)
- Emily E. Eberle[7]
Other reading
- Knowing Their Place: The Intellectual Life of Women in the 19th Century, Professor Brendan Walsh, The History Press, 15 Jul 2014
Notes and References
- Web site: Alice Oldham and the admission of women to Trinity College, 1892-1904.
- Book: Daughters of Ireland: Exceptional Irish Women. Debbie Blake. The History Press. 2015. 256.
- Book: Female education in Ireland 1700-1900: Minerva or Madonna. Deirdre Raftery and Susan M. Parkes. Facoltà di Scienze della Formazione, Università di Foggia, Italy.
- Web site: Growth of university education for women . Discovering Women in Irish History . 17 April 2019.
- Web site: Jessica (Jessie) TWEMLOW. . The Irish Merediths . 1 October 2020.
- The Irish Times (Thursday, October 23, 1884), page 5.
- (1858-1908). She later trained as a doctor. See Rosemary Power, The Moravian Burial Ground at Whitechurch, County Dublin (London: The Moravian Book Room, 2014), 28-9. Book: "Record of Events: Royal University of Ireland -- Conferring of Degrees." The Englishwoman's Review of Social and Industrial Questions, New Series, Vol. 15, no. 139 (Nov. 15, 1884), pp. 517-521.. GoogleBooks . 1884. Garland . 9780824037413. 1 October 2020.
