Remember it well. At that point the college I was at had been admitting women for 9 years out of the 640 it had been in existence.
11 October 1988. Women began to study at Magdalene College, Cambridge, for the first time. Male students wore black armbands in protest.
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@hrcastor
Is there an immutable law that there shouldn’t be men’s colleges any more than there shouldn’t be women’s colleges or for that matter single sex schools? The only issue is equality of education & opportunity.
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@WyburdJames
Equality of education and opportunity is exactly the issue, which is why institutions and attitudes matter.
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@hrcastor
Same. My college at the other place had also been admitting women for just nine years. My very traditional Virginia boarding school opened its doors to women in 1986.
#WiseButBelatedChoices
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@hrcastor
Good lord..they should be horribly embarrased by such a fact...but sad to say i know they were not until forced perhaps to change policy?
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@hrcastor
There has always been talk of a similar incident at Durham, of men throwing hats in the river when women were admitted, but I do not believe there is much evidence to support - though I wouldn’t be surprised.
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@hrcastor
Your point is ? There are still women only colleges in Cambridge I don’t believe there are now any all men colleges
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