Educational Institutions or Extended Families? The Reconstruction of Gender in Women’s Colleges in the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries

Gender and Education

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1990, Pages 17-35

  Edwards, Elizabeth ^a  

^a HOMERTON COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84952164345     PISSN: 09540253     EISSN: 13600516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0954025900020102     Document Type: Article

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1. J. Purvis (1981) Towards a history of women's education in nineteenth century Britain, Westminster Studies in Education, 4, pp. 45-79
2. Homertonian (May 1915), p. 6.
3. Homerton College Archive (hereafter HCA), acc. no. 807: Reminiscences of a former student 1922-25.
4. Homertonian (December 1904), p. 1128.
5. Homertonian (September / October 1905), pp. 1266-1267.
6. HCA, acc. no. 417: annotated photograph belonging to a former student 1925-27.
7. HCA, acc. no. 807: reminiscences of a former student 1922-25.
8. HCA, acc. no. 1026: reminiscences of a former student 1920-22.
9. Homertonian (January 1904), p. 993.
10. Homertonian (May 1904), p. 1034.
11. HCA, acc. no. 1189, no. 7: reply to questionnaire on Miss Allan, Principal 1903-35, from a student 1918-20.
12. HCA, acc. no. 1191, no. 8: reply to questionnaire on Miss Allan from a student 1932-34.
13. L. Grier (1937) The Life of Winifred Mercer (London, Oxford University Press), pp. 160-161.
14. Homerton Roll News (1987-88), p. 32: student, 1906-08, recalling her memories in 1957.
15. HCA, acc. no. 1191, no. 23: reply to questionnaire on Miss Allan from a student 1931-33.
16. J. Sondheimer (1983) Castle Adamant in Hampstead: a history of Westfield College 1882-1982 (London, Westfield College), p. 52.
17. Homertonian (June 1906), p. 1423.
18. Homerton Association News (1950), p. 6.
19. Fifty Years of the Homerton Association, HCA, acc. no. 630, p. 11.
20. Sondheimer, Castle Adamant, p. 49.
21. C. Bingham (1986) The History of Royal Holloway College 1886-1986 (London, Constable), pp. 101-102.
22. H. Spurling (1974) Ivy When Young: the early life of I. Compton-Burnett 1884-1919 (London, Gollancz), p. 152.
23. F. Nightingale: Cassandra, quoted in R. STRACHEY (1928) The Cause (London, Bell), p. 399.
24. A. Phillips (Ed.) (1979) A Newnham Anthology (Cambridge, Cambridge University Press), p. 54.
25. Sondheimer, Castle Adamant, p. 34.
26. HCA, acc. no. 1190, no. 25: reply to questionnaire on Miss Allan from a student 1929-31.
27. HCA, acc. no. 1189, no. 8: reply to questionnaire on Miss Allan from a student 1916-18.
28. BINGHAM, Royal Holloway College, pp. 80-81, 139.
29. C. B. Firth (1949) Constance Louisa Maynard: mistress of Westfield College (London, Allen & Unwin), pp. 124-126.
30. Ibid., pp. 251-252.
31. Bingham, Royal Holloway College, pp. 101-102.
32. Phillips, Newnham Anthology, pp. 53, 57, 109.
33. HCA, acc. nos. 1189-1191 passim; replies to questionnaire on Miss Allan.
34. HCA, acc. no. 1189, no. 9: reply to questionnaire on Miss Allan from a student 1917-19.
35. HCA, acc. no. 1189, no. 7: reply to questionnaire on Miss Allan from a student 1918-20.
36. Principal's Reports 1903-1933, HCA, acc. no. ACa 58, March 1922.
37. E. Edwards (1987) The friendly societies and the ethic of respectability in nineteenth century Cambridge, PhD thesis, CNAA, p. 36.
38. HCA, acc. no. 1190, no. 39: reply to questionnaire on Miss Allan from a former student 1925-27.
39. HCA, acc. no. 1189, no. 7: reply to questionnaire on Miss Allan from a former student 1918-20.
40. HCA, acc. no. 1190, no. 44: reply to questionnaire on Miss Allan from a former student 1927-29.
41. HCA, acc. no. 1190, no. 44: reply to questionnaire on Miss Allan from a former student 1927-29.
42. HCA, acc. no. 1191, no. 14: reply to questionnaire on Miss Allan from a former student 1932-34.
43. CONNELL, Gender and Power, p. 79.
44. Principal's reports 1903-33, HCA, acc. no. ACa 58, passim.
45. Principal's reports 1903-33, HCA, acc. no. ACa 58, December 1924.
46. Principal's reports 1903-33, HCA, acc. no. ACa 58, letters to parent 11 and 14 March 1905.
47. HCA, acc. no. 1190, no. 21: reply to questionnaire on Miss Allan from a former student 1918-20.
48. HCA, acc. no. 1190, no. 32: reply to questionnaire on Miss Allan from a former student 1927-29.
49. HCA, acc. no. 1190, no. 24: reply to questionnaire on Miss Allan from a former student 1922-24.
50. HCA, acc. no. 1190, no. 28: reply to questionnaire on Miss Allan from a former student 1923-25.
51. HCA, acc. no. 1190, no. 13: reply to questionnaire on Miss Allan from a former student 1929-31.
52. Sallie Purkis, personal communication.
53. HCA, acc. no. 1191, no. 12: reply to questionnaire on Miss Allan from a former student 1932-34.
54. HCA, acc. no. 1189, no. 5: reply to questionnaire on Miss Allan from a former student 1904-06.
55. HCA, acc. no. 1190, nos. 3 and 13: replies to questionnaire on Miss Allan from a student 1927-29 and a student 1929-31.
56. HCA, acc. no. 1190, no. 10: reply to questionnaire on Miss Allan from a student 1926-28.
57. HCA, acc. no. 1191, no. 5: reply to questionnaire on Miss Allan from a student 1932-34.
58. HCA, acc. no. 1190, no. 28: reply to questionnaire on Miss Allan from a student 1923-25.
59. HCA, acc. no. 1190, no. 22: reply to questionnaire on Miss Allan from a student 1925-27.
60. Bingham, Royal Holloway College, p. 114.
61. Ibid., p. 115.
62. G. Battiscombe (1978) Reluctant Pioneer: the life of Elizabeth Wordsworth (London, Constable), p. 19.
63. Ibid., p. 66.
64. Ibid., pp. 65-66.
65. BATTISCOMBE, Reluctant Pioneer, p. 68.
66. Ibid., p. 102.
67. Ibid., p. 69.
68. Ibid., p. 65.
69. Ibid., p. 67
70. Ibid., p. 180.
71. Ibid., p. 80, quoted by Vera Brittain.
72. Ibid., p. 265.
73. Ibid., p. 81.
74. Ibid., p. 158.
75. Ibid., p. 89.
76. Ibid., p. 187.
77. Firth C. L. Maynard, pp. 124-126.
78. Firth C. L. Maynard, p. 133.
79. Vicinus, Independent Women, pp. 159-161.
80. Ibid., p. 159.
81. Ibid., p. 158.
82. Firth C. L. Maynard, p. 265.
83. Bingham, Royal Holloway College, pp. 93-94.
84. GRIER, Winifred Mercer, p. xiii.
85. BINGHAM, Royal Holloway College, p. 114.
86. Ibid., pp. 132-135.
87. Ibid., p. 114.
88. VICINUS, Independent Women, p. 158.
89. L. Faderman (1981) Surpassing the Love of Men (London, Junction Books), p. 17.
90. Ibid., pp. 17-19.
91. Ibid., p. 178.
92. Ibid., p. 241.
93. VICINUS, Independent Women, p. 158.
94. VICINUS, Independent Women, p. 160, quoting C. Maynard's unpublished autobiography.
95. Principal's Reports 1903-33, HCA, acc. no. ACa 58, July 3, 1905.
96. HCA, acc. no. 1190, no. 42: reply to questionnaire on Miss Allan from a former student 1922-25.
97. HCA, acc. no. 1192: reminiscences of a former student 1915-17.
98. Homertonian (1950), p. 7.
99. HCA, acc. no. 1026: reminiscences of a former student 1920-22.
100. HCA, acc. no. 1028: reminiscences of a former student 1932-34.
101. Homerton Association News (1962), p. 11.
102. HCA, acc. no. 1191, no. 2: reply to questionnaire on Miss Allan from a former student 1932-34.
103. HCA, acc. no. 1191, no. 18: reply to questionnaire on Miss Allan from a former student 1932-34.
104. Principal's Reports 1903-33, HCA, acc. no. ACa 58, 21 February 1906.
105. Principal's Reports 1903-33, HCA, acc. no. ACa 58, 26 November 1906.
106. Principal's Reports 1903-33, HCA, acc. no. ACa 58, 25 February 1907.
107. Principal's Reports 1903-33, HCA, acc. no. ACa 58, 29 February 1912.
108. Principal's Reports 1903-33, HCA, acc. no. ACa 58, 9 December 1912.
109. HCA, acc. no. 1192: reminiscences of a former student 1915-17.
110. Principal's Reports 1903-33, HCA, acc. no. ACa 58, 9 February 1914.
111. Principal's Reports 1903-33, HCA, acc. no. ACa 58, March and June 1922.
112. Principal's Reports 1903-33, HCA, acc. no. ACa 58, March 1922.
113. A. Davies (1989) Prin. Play premiered at Lyric Theatre Hammersmith, August 1989, for a portrayal of a homoerotic friendship between the Principal and Vice-Principal in a women's teacher-training college.
114. VICINUS, Independent Women, p. 201.
115. Ibid., p. 201 quoting Constance Maynard.
116. Principal's Reports 1903-33, HCA, acc. no. ACa 58, June 1929; see also March 1922.
117. HCA, acc. no. 1028: reminiscences of a former studnent 1932-34.
118. HCA, acc. no. 1028: reminiscences of a former student 1932-34.
119. Homertonian (1950), p. 7.
120. HCA, acc. no. 1190, no. 22: reply to questionnaire on Miss Allan from a former student 1925-27
121. HCA, acc. no. 1191, no. 1: reply to questionnaire on Miss Allan from a former student, 1932-34.
122. Principal's Reports 1903-33, HCA, acc. no. ACa 58, 19 July 1920.
123. Principal's Reports 1903-33, HCA, acc. no. ACa 58, December 1926.
124. HCA, acc. no. 1190, no. 22: reply to questionnaire on Miss Allan from a former student 1925-27.
125. HCA, acc. no. 1191, no. 5: reply to questionnaire on Miss Allan from a former student 1932-34.
126. HCA, acc. no. 1191, no. 24: reply to questionnaire on Miss Allan from a former student 1921-23.
127. HCA, acc. no. 1191, no. 24: reply to questionnaire on Miss Allan from a former student 1921-23.
128. HCA, acc. no. 1191, no. 15: reply to questionnaire on Miss Allan from a former student 1933-35.
129. HCA, acc. no. 1190, no. 16: reply to questionnaire on Miss Allan from a student 1929-31.
130. VICINUS, Independent Women, p. 160.
131. SONDHEIMER, Castle Adamant, p. 54.
132. GRIER, Winifred Mercer, pp. 93, 156.
133. Ibid., p. 27.
134. Ibid., p. 18.
135. Ibid., p. 18.
136. Ibid., p. 253.
137. Ibid., p. 28.
138. Ibid., p. 255.
139. Ibid., p. 32.