First women admitted to degrees at the University of Oxford explained

In 1920, the University of Oxford admitted women to degrees for the first time during the Michaelmas term. The conferrals took place at the Sheldonian Theatre on 14 October,^[1] 26 October,^[2] 29 October,^[3] 30 October^[4] and 13 November.^[5] That same year, on 7 October, women also became eligible for admission as full members of the university.^[6]

Before 1920, it is estimated that around 4,000 women studied at Oxford since the opening of the university's first women's colleges in 1879.^[7] One graduate was Annie Rogers, who took undergraduate exams in 1875 and 1877 and was finally given a degree in 1920, when she was 64 years old.^[8] The last survivor of the first conferral ceremony was Constance Savery, who died at the age of 101 in 1999.^[9]

History

For the first six centuries of its existence, the University of Oxford was only open to male students. In 1873, Annie Rogers sat for the Oxford school examination and came out on top, automatically qualifying for an exhibition at Balliol or Worcester College. However, when the university realised she was female, they rescinded her offer and her place was given to the boy who had come sixth in the tests. Balliol College gave her volumes of Homer as a consolation prize.^[8] In response to the controversy caused by Rogers' story, the university passed a statute in 1875 allowing its Delegacy for Local Examinations to set examinations for women at roughly undergraduate level;^[10] Rogers was able to sit these examinations, giving her the equivalent of first-class marks in Classics in 1877 and Ancient History in 1879.^[11]

In 1873 a committee was formed to organise "Lectures for Ladies" by university dons in Oxford. It was also possible to take tests and use the university's Bodleian Library.^[12] In June 1878, an Association for the Education of Women (AEW) was formed in Oxford, including members of the "Lectures for Ladies", to organise courses of lectures leading to examinations. Because of religious differences, two halls of residence were opened in 1879 by separate committees: the Anglican Lady Margaret Hall and the nondenominational Somerville Hall From 1879, there were also a number of students not living in halls, who were given the name of the Society of Oxford Home-Students in 1898 (later renamed to St Anne's College in 1952).^[13] Two more women's colleges would open before 1900: St Hugh's Hall in 1886 and St Hilda's Hall in 1893. Over time, the halls and the home students took on their own tutors and adopted the name college. In 1910 the halls and the home students became "recognised societies" of the university and in 1920 "societies of women students".^[14] From 1927 until 1957 there was a quota system which limited the number of students admitted to the women's societies.^[15] They were only accepted as full colleges of the university in 1959.

At first, women students took examinations organised by the Delegacy for Local Examinations.^[16] Eventually, they were allowed to sit for university examinations for B.A. courses through the delegacy, which awarded a certificate of completion rather than a degree.^[17] By 1895, Oxford, the University of Cambridge and Trinity College Dublin were the only universities in the United Kingdom to deny women degrees. The first vote to give Oxford women degrees in 1896 was unsuccessful. In response to the vote failure, the AEW began to issue a diploma listing the exams a student had passed at the end of her studies.^[18] For a brief period in the early 1900s, some women received ad eundem degrees from Trinity College, which began admitting women in 1904 and had made this arrangement with the Oxbridge universities.^[19] These women became known as "steamboat ladies" and, between 1904 and 1907 (when the arrangement ended), Trinity College granted degrees to 720 women educated at Oxbridge.^[20]

In November 1910, the University of Oxford established the Delegacy for Women Students. This was a huge step towards women being granted full membership, not least because the statute which established the Delegacy acknowledged women as Oxford members for the first time as well as the five women's colleges, with the University assuming formal control and supervision over them.^[21]

It would be another ten years before women were finally admitted as full members. The first matriculation ceremony was held in the Divinity School on 7 October 1920. The first degree ceremony followed at the Sheldonian Theatre on 14 October 1920. Between 1920 and 1921, a total of 1,159 women matriculated.

Degree conferrals in 1920

Ordinary degrees

The University of Oxford awarded the following ordinary degrees to women between October and December 1920.^[22] Master of Arts degrees are not included as it is not a separate qualification at Oxford. Two women each received two degrees and therefore appear twice.

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College	Date	Degree	Article
scope=row		Somerville College	30 October	Bachelor of Arts	Margery Abrahams
scope=row		Lady Margaret Hall	17 December	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Somerville College	13 November	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		St Hilda's Hall	13 November	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Lady Margaret Hall	13 November	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Lady Margaret Hall	30 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Somerville College	14 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Lady Margaret Hall	30 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Lady Margaret Hall	30 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		St Hugh's College	30 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		St Hugh's College	30 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Somerville College	28 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Somerville College	25 November	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Somerville College	14 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Somerville College	25 November	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		St Hilda's Hall	30 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Lady Margaret Hall	28 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Somerville College	25 November	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Lady Margaret Hall	25 November	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		St Hugh's College	30 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Lady Margaret Hall	17 December	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		St Hugh's College	17 December	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		St Hilda's Hall	30 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Somerville College	30 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		St Hugh's College	13 November	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Somerville College	30 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Lady Margaret Hall	25 November	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Lady Margaret Hall	14 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		St Hilda's Hall	14 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		St Hilda's Hall	25 November	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Somerville College	30 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Somerville College	25 November	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Somerville College	14 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		St Hilda's Hall	28 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		St Hilda's Hall	14 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		St Hilda's Hall	14 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Somerville College	30 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Lady Margaret Hall	30 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Somerville College	30 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Lady Margaret Hall	25 November	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Somerville College	25 November	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Somerville College	14 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Somerville College	17 December	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Somerville College	25 November	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Somerville College	17 December	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Somerville College	25 November	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Lady Margaret Hall	25 November	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Lady Margaret Hall	25 November	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Lady Margaret Hall	13 November	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Somerville College	30 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Society of Oxford Home-Students	30 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Somerville College	25 November	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		St Hugh's College	30 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		St Hugh's College	17 December	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Lady Margaret Hall	13 November	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Society of Oxford Home-Students	17 December	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		St Hilda's Hall	28 October	Bachelor of Arts	Mary Coate
scope=row		Lady Margaret Hall	25 November	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		St Hilda's Hall	30 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Lady Margaret Hall	30 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Society of Oxford Home-Students	25 November	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		St Hilda's Hall	30 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		St Hilda's Hall	30 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Somerville College	28 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Somerville College	25 November	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		St Hilda's Hall	13 November	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Society of Oxford Home-Students	30 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Society of Oxford Home-Students	30 October	Bachelor of Letters
scope=row		Somerville College	30 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Somerville College	25 November	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		St Hilda's Hall	13 November	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		St Hugh's College	25 November	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		St Hugh's College	28 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Lady Margaret Hall	30 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Somerville College	13 November	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Lady Margaret Hall	25 November	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Lady Margaret Hall	30 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Society of Oxford Home-Students	30 October	Bachelor of Science	Agnes Cuming
scope=row		St Hilda's Hall	28 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		St Hilda's Hall	13 November	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Somerville College	28 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Lady Margaret Hall	28 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Lady Margaret Hall	30 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Lady Margaret Hall	17 December	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Somerville College	30 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		St Hugh's College	14 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Somerville College	25 November	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Somerville College	17 December	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		St Hilda's Hall	14 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Lady Margaret Hall	25 November	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Somerville College	25 November	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Somerville College	17 December	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Society of Oxford Home-Students	30 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Society of Oxford Home-Students	30 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Somerville College	30 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		St Hilda's Hall	28 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		St Hugh's College	13 November	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Lady Margaret Hall	17 December	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Somerville College	13 November	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Somerville College	30 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Lady Margaret Hall	28 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Somerville College	30 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		St Hugh's College	14 October	Bachelor of Letters
scope=row		St Hugh's College	25 November	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Lady Margaret Hall	30 October	Bachelor of Arts	Elinor Ewbank
scope=row		Somerville College	17 December	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Lady Margaret Hall	30 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Somerville College	13 November	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Somerville College	30 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		St Hugh's College	17 December	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Somerville College	17 December	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Somerville College	30 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		St Hilda's Hall	17 December	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Somerville College	25 November	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Lady Margaret Hall	25 November	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Lady Margaret Hall	17 December	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Somerville College	13 November	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		St Hugh's College	14 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Somerville College	13 November	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Somerville College	17 December	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Lady Margaret Hall	14 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Society of Oxford Home-Students	30 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		St Hugh's College	28 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Somerville College	28 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		St Hugh's College	17 December	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		St Hugh's College	17 December	Bachelor of Letters
scope=row		Somerville College	30 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Somerville College	14 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Somerville College	25 November	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Somerville College	14 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Somerville College	30 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Somerville College	17 December	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Lady Margaret Hall	30 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Somerville College	17 December	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		St Hugh's College	30 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Lady Margaret Hall	30 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Lady Margaret Hall	25 November	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Somerville College	13 November	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		St Hugh's College	28 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Somerville College	28 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Lady Margaret Hall	30 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		St Hugh's College	30 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Somerville College	30 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Society of Oxford Home-Students	14 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Somerville College	13 November	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Somerville College	13 November	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Somerville College	13 November	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		St Hugh's College	14 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		St Hugh's College	17 December	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Somerville College	25 November	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Lady Margaret Hall	14 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Somerville College	30 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Lady Margaret Hall	30 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Somerville College	13 November	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Somerville College	13 November	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		St Hilda's Hall	17 December	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Somerville College	28 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Somerville College	28 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		St Hugh's College	17 December	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Somerville College	17 December	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Somerville College	30 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Somerville College	30 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Somerville College	30 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Somerville College	13 November	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		St Hugh's College	13 November	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Somerville College	30 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		St Hugh's College	30 October	Bachelor of Arts	Miriam Homersham
scope=row		St Hugh's College	30 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Somerville College	28 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		St Hugh's College	30 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Lady Margaret Hall	30 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Somerville College	30 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		St Hilda's Hall	28 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Society of Oxford Home-Students	28 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		St Hugh's College	13 November	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Lady Margaret Hall	28 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		St Hugh's College	28 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Lady Margaret Hall	17 December	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Somerville College	14 October	Bachelor of Arts	Muriel Jaeger
scope=row		Lady Margaret Hall	28 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		St Hilda's Hall	30 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Lady Margaret Hall	17 December	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Lady Margaret Hall	30 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Somerville College	14 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Somerville College	25 November	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Somerville College	25 November	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Somerville College	14 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Lady Margaret Hall	14 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Somerville College	30 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		St Hugh's College	30 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Somerville College	17 December	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		St Hilda's Hall	28 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Society of Oxford Home-Students	30 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Society of Oxford Home-Students	17 December	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Lady Margaret Hall	13 November	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Lady Margaret Hall	13 November	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Lady Margaret Hall	30 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Somerville College	28 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Somerville College	28 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Lady Margaret Hall	14 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Lady Margaret Hall	14 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Somerville College	25 November	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Somerville College	14 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Lady Margaret Hall	28 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Somerville College	28 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		St Hilda's Hall	30 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Somerville College	30 October	Bachelor of Arts	Eluned Garmon Jones
scope=row		Lady Margaret Hall	14 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Somerville College	25 November	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Somerville College	28 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Somerville College	13 November	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Somerville College	13 November	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Lady Margaret Hall	13 November	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Society of Oxford Home-Students	30 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Lady Margaret Hall	13 November	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Lady Margaret Hall	30 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Lady Margaret Hall	28 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		St Hugh's College	30 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Lady Margaret Hall	25 November	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		St Hugh's College	30 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Lady Margaret Hall	17 December	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Lady Margaret Hall	28 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		St Hugh's College	25 November	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Somerville College	14 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Lady Margaret Hall	17 December	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Somerville College	13 November	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Somerville College	13 November	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Lady Margaret Hall	14 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Somerville College	30 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Somerville College	30 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Lady Margaret Hall	14 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Lady Margaret Hall	30 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		St Hilda's Hall	17 December	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		St Hugh's College	28 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		St Hugh's College	17 December	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		St Hilda's Hall	28 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Lady Margaret Hall	13 November	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		St Hugh's College	13 November	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Lady Margaret Hall	25 November	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Somerville College	14 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Somerville College	30 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Lady Margaret Hall	30 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		St Hilda's Hall	14 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		St Hugh's College	25 November	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Society of Oxford Home-Students	30 October	Bachelor of Arts	Constance Ottley
scope=row		Somerville College	30 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Somerville College	30 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Somerville College	30 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		St Hugh's College	30 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Somerville College	13 November	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		St Hugh's College	25 November	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Somerville College	30 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		St Hugh's College	14 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Somerville College	28 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Lady Margaret Hall	25 November	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Society of Oxford Home-Students	14 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Somerville College	30 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		St Hugh's College	30 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		St Hilda's Hall	30 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Somerville College	13 November	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		St Hugh's College	28 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		St Hugh's College	17 December	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Society of Oxford Home-Students	30 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Society of Oxford Home-Students	17 December	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Society of Oxford Home-Students	14 October	Bachelor of Letters
scope=row		Society of Oxford Home-Students	14 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Society of Oxford Home-Students	14 October	Bachelor of Science
scope=row		Lady Margaret Hall	13 November	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		St Hugh's College	30 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Somerville College	30 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Lady Margaret Hall	17 December	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Somerville College	28 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Lady Margaret Hall	17 December	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		St Hugh's College	25 November	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Somerville College	28 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		St Hugh's College	25 November	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Somerville College	17 December	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Society of Oxford Home-Students	13 November	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Somerville College	30 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Somerville College	30 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Somerville College	30 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Somerville College	13 November	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Lady Margaret Hall	14 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		St Hugh's College	28 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Somerville College	30 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Lady Margaret Hall	25 November	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		St Hugh's College	30 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Lady Margaret Hall	30 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		St Hilda's Hall	14 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Somerville College	28 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Somerville College	13 November	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Somerville College	30 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Somerville College	25 November	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Somerville College	28 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Society of Oxford Home-Students	25 November	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Lady Margaret Hall	30 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Lady Margaret Hall	14 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Lady Margaret Hall	30 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Somerville College	14 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Somerville College	14 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		St Hugh's College	14 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Lady Margaret Hall	17 December	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Somerville College	13 November	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Somerville College	30 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Lady Margaret Hall	28 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Somerville College	14 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Somerville College	17 December	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Somerville College	30 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		St Hugh's College	30 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		St Hilda's Hall	14 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		St Hugh's College	28 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Somerville College	25 November	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Somerville College	25 November	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Lady Margaret Hall	30 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		St Hugh's College	30 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Society of Oxford Home-Students	30 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		St Hugh's College	30 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Lady Margaret Hall	17 December	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		St Hilda's Hall	13 November	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		St Hugh's College	13 November	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Somerville College	30 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		St Hugh's College	30 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Lady Margaret Hall	28 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Somerville College	28 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Somerville College	30 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		St Hugh's College	17 December	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Somerville College	17 December	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Somerville College	30 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Somerville College	17 December	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Lady Margaret Hall	17 December	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Lady Margaret Hall	13 November	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		St Hilda's Hall	28 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Somerville College	30 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Lady Margaret Hall	13 November	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		St Hugh's College	30 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		St Hugh's College	14 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		St Hugh's College	14 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Somerville College	30 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Somerville College	30 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Lady Margaret Hall	28 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Somerville College	17 December	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		St Hilda's Hall	25 November	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Lady Margaret Hall	30 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Somerville College	30 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Society of Oxford Home-Students	28 October	Bachelor of Letters
scope=row		St Hugh's College	28 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Somerville College	25 November	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		St Hilda's Hall	30 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Somerville College	13 November	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Somerville College	30 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Somerville College	30 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Somerville College	25 November	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Lady Margaret Hall	28 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Somerville College	30 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Society of Oxford Home-Students	13 November	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Somerville College	30 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Lady Margaret Hall	25 November	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Somerville College	30 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Lady Margaret Hall	30 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Somerville College	30 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Lady Margaret Hall	30 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Lady Margaret Hall	14 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		St Hugh's College	13 November	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Somerville College	17 December	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Somerville College	17 December	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Somerville College	14 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Lady Margaret Hall	13 November	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Society of Oxford Home-Students	14 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Society of Oxford Home-Students	14 October	Bachelor of Civil Law
scope=row		Somerville College	25 November	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Somerville College	30 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		St Hugh's College	17 December	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Somerville College	14 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Somerville College	25 November	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		St Hugh's College	30 October	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Lady Margaret Hall	25 November	Bachelor of Arts
scope=row		Somerville College	14 October	Bachelor of Arts

Degrees by decree

The University of Oxford awarded Master of Arts degrees by decree of convocation to the following principals and tutors of the women's colleges in October 1920.

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College	Role	Date	Article
scope=row		St Hilda's Hall		26 October
scope=row		St Hugh's College	Tutor	26 October
scope=row		Somerville College		26 October
scope=row		Society of Oxford Home-Students	Tutor	26 October
scope=row		Society of Oxford Home-Students		26 October
scope=row		Lady Margaret Hall		26 October
scope=row		St Hugh's College	Principal	14 October
scope=row		Society of Oxford Home-Students	Principal	14 October
scope=row		St Hugh's College	Principal	14 October
scope=row		Somerville and St. Hugh's Colleges	Tutor	26 October
scope=row		Society of Oxford Home-Students	Tutor	26 October
scope=row		Lady Margaret Hall		26 October
scope=row		Somerville College	Tutor	26 October
scope=row		Society of Oxford Home-Students	Tutor	26 October
scope=row		Lady Margaret Hall	Tutor	26 October
scope=row		St Hilda's Hall	Principal	14 October
scope=row		Somerville College	Principal	14 October
scope=row		Somerville College	Tutor	26 October
scope=row		St Hugh's College	Tutor	26 October
scope=row		Lady Margaret Hall	Tutor	26 October
scope=row		Lady Margaret Hall	Tutor	26 October
scope=row		St Hugh's College	Tutor	26 October

Further reading

Articles

• News: Sultan . Mena . October 1920: Women granted full membership of Oxford University . . 8 October 2019.

Books

• Book: Brittain . Vera . The Women At Oxford: A Fragment Of History . 1960 . Macmillan Publishers . 978-1-02-117522-9 .
• Book: Batson . Judy G. . Her Oxford . 2008 . Vanderbilt University Press . 978-0-8265-1610-7 .

External links

• Degrees for Women: A Centenary Exhibition at the University of Oxford
• First Women at Oxford: 1878 – 1920 at the University of Oxford

Notes and References

1. News: Degrees conferred at Oxford . . 15 October 1920.
2. News: MA Degree for Seventeen Women Tutors . 27 October 1920 . Yorkshire Post.
3. News: University Intelligence: Oxford–Thursday. Conferment of Degrees . 29 October 1920 . Yorkshire Post.
4. News: Oxford–Saturday. Degrees for Women . 1 November 1920 . Yorkshire Post.
5. News: University Intelligence: Oxford–Saturday. Conferment of Degrees. . 15 November 1920 . Yorkshire Post.
6. Book: 1965. Handbook to the University of Oxford . Oxford University Press . 43 . 123244725.
7. News: 'They couldn't go on the river with a man on their own' – the changing lives of Oxford's female students . 19 July 2024 . . registration.
8. Web site: Annie Rogers (1856–1937) . . 19 July 2024.
9. Web site: Constance Savery . Bethlehem Books . 12 August 2024.
10. Web site: Frances . Lannon. Her Oxford. Times Higher Education. 30 October 2008.
11. Web site: Garnett . Jane . Whyte . William . William Whyte (historian) . Women Making History: the centenary . University of Oxford . 21 July 2024.
12. Book: 10 'In Oxford but…not of Oxford': The Women's Colleges . The History of the University of Oxford, Vol. 7: Nineteenth-Century Oxford, Part 2. Brock . Michael G. . Curthoys . Mark C. . Oxford University Press . 2000 . 978-0-19-951017-7 . 237–308 .
13. Web site: The University of Oxford's Women's Colleges . University of Oxford . 21 July 2024.
14. Book: Kelly's Directory of Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire . 1939 . 15th . 1114787950 . Kelly's Directories . Somerville College, Woodstock Road . 206 .
15. Book: 13 Women . The History of the University of Oxford: Volume 8: The Twentieth Century. Harrison . Brian . Oxford University Press . 2000 . 978-0-19-822974-2 . 237–308 .
16. News: Howarth . Janet . From Lectures for Ladies to University Examination . University of Oxford.
17. Web site: 1894–1896 . University of Oxford . 12 August 2024.
18. Web site: 1896 Towards Degrees for Women . . 12 August 2024.
19. Web site: Trinity Hall's Steamboat Ladies. Trinity News. 14 March 2012. 21 July 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20131212042531/http://trinitynews.ie/trinity-halls-steamboat-ladies/. 12 December 2013. live.
20. Book: A Danger To The Men?: A History of Women in Trinity College, Dublin 1904–2004. Parkes . Susan M.. 2004. Lilliput Press. 978-1-84351-040-6.
21. Web site: 1910: The Delegacy for Women Students was established . University of Oxford . Education and Activism: Women at Oxford, 1878–1920.
22. Book: Oxford University Gazette Vol. 51 1920–1921 . 1921 . 72–74, 108, 133–135, 179, 133–135, 232–233, 265 .