First Women Admitted To Degrees At The University Of Oxford
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, 26 October, 29 October, 30 October and 13 November. That same year, on 7 October, women also became eligible for admission as full members of the university.
First women students at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, c. 1879 
Former women students returned to Oxford to receive their degrees, one week after women became eligible for admission as full members.
The principals of women's colleges at Oxford awarded degrees by decree, October 1920. L to R: Winifred Moberly, Emily Penrose, Bertha Johnson, Eleanor Jourdain, and Henrietta Jex-Blake
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. 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. The last survivor of the first conferral ceremony was Constance Savery, who died at the age of 101 in 1999.
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 However, when the university realised she was female, they rescinded her offer and her place was given to the boy who had come sixth in the tests.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. 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; Rogers was able to sit these examinations, giving her the equivalent of first-class marks in Classics in 1877 and Ancient History in 1879.
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. 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). 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". From 1927 until 1957 there was a quota system which limited the number of students admitted to the women's societies. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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.
"Oxford has recognised that she has daughters, and some day she will give to them, as to her sons, the right to bear her name and wear her gown."
—The Times, November 1910.
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.
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. 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.
| Name | College | Date | Degree | Article | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Margery Annie Abrahams | Somerville College | 30 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Sybil Ethel Abram | Lady Margaret Hall | 17 December | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Catherine Wise Spence Adams | Somerville College | 13 November | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Gladys Ainslie | St Hilda's Hall | 13 November | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Mrs Barbara Whitchurch Aitken | Lady Margaret Hall | 13 November | Bachelor of Arts | Barbara Freire-Marreco | |
| Mary Blanche Alder | Lady Margaret Hall | 30 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Marjorie Mason Anderson | Somerville College | 14 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Ethelwyn Austin | Lady Margaret Hall | 30 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Mrs Gemma Bailey | Lady Margaret Hall | 30 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Frances Margaret Baker | St Hugh's College | 30 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Gwendoline Marjorie Baker | St Hugh's College | 30 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Joyce Mary Baker | Somerville College | 28 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Marjorie Ball | Somerville College | 25 November | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Dorothy Ballantyne | Somerville College | 14 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Marjorie Maud Barber | Somerville College | 25 November | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Katharine Eliza Barlow | St Hilda's Hall | 30 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Marjorie Calvert Barnard | Lady Margaret Hall | 28 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Mabel Lucy Barton | Somerville College | 25 November | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Lucy Draffen Baynes | Lady Margaret Hall | 25 November | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Eleanor Beames | St Hugh's College | 30 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Clementina Margaret Enid Benthall | Lady Margaret Hall | 17 December | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Mrs Lilian Bentley | St Hugh's College | 17 December | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Emily Isobel Bishop | St Hilda's Hall | 30 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Beatrice Mary Blackwood | Somerville College | 30 October | Bachelor of Arts | Beatrice Blackwood | |
| Eveline Blades | St Hugh's College | 13 November | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Elsie Dorothy Bland | Somerville College | 30 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Dorothy Bond | Lady Margaret Hall | 25 November | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Phyllis Kessick Bowes | Lady Margaret Hall | 14 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Amy Emily Bowler | St Hilda's Hall | 14 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Irene Margaret Brameld | St Hilda's Hall | 25 November | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Marjorie Annie Brett | Somerville College | 30 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Sarah Ethel Hilda Brewer | Somerville College | 25 November | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Agnes Elisabeth Brewin | Somerville College | 14 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Lucy Marian Bright | St Hilda's Hall | 28 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Dorothy Kathleen Broster | St Hilda's Hall | 14 October | Bachelor of Arts | D. K. Broster | |
| Charlotte Gwendoline Bruce | St Hilda's Hall | 14 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Irene Dorothy Bryan | Somerville College | 30 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Lucy Ridgely Buckler | Lady Margaret Hall | 30 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Margaret Elizabeth Bucknall | Somerville College | 30 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Hilda Mary Burrows | Lady Margaret Hall | 25 November | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Kathleen Eleanor Buttle Byass | Somerville College | 25 November | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Muriel St. Clare Byrne | Somerville College | 14 October | Bachelor of Arts | Muriel St. Clare Byrne | |
| Alice Mackenzie Cameron | Somerville College | 17 December | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Edith Mary Campbell | Somerville College | 25 November | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Florence Myrtle Campbell | Somerville College | 17 December | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Hilda Mary Cann | Somerville College | 25 November | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Margaret Monteith Carlyle | Lady Margaret Hall | 25 November | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Nina Hay Cave | Lady Margaret Hall | 25 November | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Phyllis Crawhall Challoner | Lady Margaret Hall | 13 November | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Kate Elsie Chester | Somerville College | 30 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Olive Catherine Clapham | Society of Oxford Home-Students | 30 October | Bachelor of Arts | Olive Clapham | |
| Dorothy Mary Ogilvie Clark | Somerville College | 25 November | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Elsa Bax Carlton Clark | St Hugh's College | 30 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Nelly Payne Clark | St Hugh's College | 17 December | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Maude Violet Clarke | Lady Margaret Hall | 13 November | Bachelor of Arts | Maude Clarke | |
| Susannah Lowell Clarke | Society of Oxford Home-Students | 17 December | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Mary Coate | St Hilda's Hall | 28 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Mrs Olive Mary Cockin | Lady Margaret Hall | 25 November | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Mary Frances Codd | St Hilda's Hall | 30 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Georgina Rosalie Cole-Baker | Lady Margaret Hall | 30 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Dorothy Josephine Collier | Society of Oxford Home-Students | 25 November | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Ethel Margaret Harker Collinson | St Hilda's Hall | 30 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Marjorie Comins | St Hilda's Hall | 30 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Marjorie Helen Fry Coney | Somerville College | 28 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Celia Cook | Somerville College | 25 November | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Margaret Blanche Corke | St Hilda's Hall | 13 November | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Frances Nora Cornish | Society of Oxford Home-Students | 30 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Francis Geraldine Hailes Coster | Society of Oxford Home-Students | 30 October | Bachelor of Letters | ||
| Margaret Franklin Cotterell | Somerville College | 30 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Mrs Maud Mary Danvers Cox | Somerville College | 25 November | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Cicely Musgrave Craven | St Hilda's Hall | 13 November | Bachelor of Arts | Cicely Craven | |
| Olive Mary Crawshay | St Hugh's College | 25 November | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Edith Crichton | St Hugh's College | 28 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Gladys Katherine Berkeley Crick | Lady Margaret Hall | 30 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Dorothy Whitley Crook | Somerville College | 13 November | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Celia Mabel Crosskey | Lady Margaret Hall | 25 November | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Mrs Dorothy Sybil Croxford | Lady Margaret Hall | 30 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Agnes Cuming | Society of Oxford Home-Students | 30 October | Bachelor of Science | ||
| Marianne Rose Dacombe | St Hilda's Hall | 28 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Kathleen Marie Darnell | St Hilda's Hall | 13 November | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Leila Mary Davies | Somerville College | 28 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Hilda Sophia Davies-Colley | Lady Margaret Hall | 28 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Elsie Davis | Lady Margaret Hall | 30 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Rosamond Annie Carterette De Sausmarez | Lady Margaret Hall | 17 December | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Dorothée Eva de Zouche | Somerville College | 30 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Helena Clara Deneke | St Hugh's College | 14 October | Bachelor of Arts | Helena Deneke | |
| Hilda Maud Denney | Somerville College | 25 November | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Mrs Clara Dent | Somerville College | 17 December | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Editha Kathleen Derrick | St Hilda's Hall | 14 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Edith Margaret Robertson Ditmas | Lady Margaret Hall | 25 November | Bachelor of Arts | Edith Ditmas | |
| Phyllis Evelyn Dixon | Somerville College | 25 November | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Eileen Theodora Dodd | Somerville College | 17 December | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Auvergne Doherty | Society of Oxford Home-Students | 30 October | Bachelor of Arts | Auvergne Doherty | |
| Isabella Martha Drummond | Society of Oxford Home-Students | 30 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Elsie Kathleen East | Somerville College | 30 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Gertrude Elizabeth Easton | St Hilda's Hall | 28 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Charlotte Laetitia Edwards | St Hugh's College | 13 November | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Kathleen Ada Edwards | Lady Margaret Hall | 17 December | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Una Mary Ellis-Fermor | Somerville College | 13 November | Bachelor of Arts | Una Ellis-Fermor | |
| Henrietta Caroline Escreet | Somerville College | 30 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Dorothy Lois Esdaile | Lady Margaret Hall | 28 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Gwen Evans | Somerville College | 30 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Joan Evans | St Hugh's College | 14 October | Bachelor of Letters | Joan Evans (art historian) | |
| Theodora Marion Elizabeth Evans | St Hugh's College | 25 November | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Elinor Katharine Ewbank | Lady Margaret Hall | 30 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Mrs Agnes Doris Field | Somerville College | 17 December | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Jessie Hatch Flemming | Lady Margaret Hall | 30 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Edith Marjorie Fletcher | Somerville College | 13 November | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Florence Rosalie Mary Flew | Somerville College | 30 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Winifried Jessie Forrest | St Hugh's College | 17 December | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Annie Mary Cecilia Forster | Somerville College | 17 December | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Ethel Marjorie Foster | Somerville College | 30 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Ruth Amy Frampton | St Hilda's Hall | 17 December | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Una Mearns Fraser | Somerville College | 25 November | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Ethel Hartley French | Lady Margaret Hall | 25 November | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Rosalind Mary Fynes-Clinton | Lady Margaret Hall | 17 December | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Kathleen Mary Gardiner | Somerville College | 13 November | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Gwendolen Gardner | St Hugh's College | 14 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Viola Garvin | Somerville College | 13 November | Bachelor of Arts | Viola Garvin | |
| Edith Winifred Gerrard | Somerville College | 17 December | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Barbara Currey Gibson | Lady Margaret Hall | 14 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Winifred Margaret Gibson | Society of Oxford Home-Students | 30 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Agnes Eugenia Giles | St Hugh's College | 28 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Madeline Giles | Somerville College | 28 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Mary Lindsay Gordon | St Hugh's College | 17 December | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Mary Lindsay Gordon | St Hugh's College | 17 December | Bachelor of Letters | ||
| Sybil Maud Goulding | Somerville College | 30 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Rose Graham | Somerville College | 14 October | Bachelor of Arts | Rose Graham (historian) | |
| Alice Gray | Somerville College | 25 November | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Doris Eileen Grayfoot | Somerville College | 14 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Winifred Mary Greenleaves | Somerville College | 30 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Helen Gregory | Somerville College | 17 December | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Winifred Marjorie Gross | Lady Margaret Hall | 30 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Ivy Clarissa Gumey | Somerville College | 17 December | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Lois Gunnery | St Hugh's College | 30 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Lilian Margaret Gunter | Lady Margaret Hall | 30 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Barbara Elizabeth Gwyer | Lady Margaret Hall | 25 November | Bachelor of Arts | Barbara Gwyer | |
| Jeanie Margaret Gwynne | Somerville College | 13 November | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Phyllis Mary Gwynne | St Hugh's College | 28 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Mrs Jessie Kilburn Haarhoff | Somerville College | 28 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Rhona Brunwin Hales | Lady Margaret Hall | 30 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Muriel Mary Josepha Hall | St Hugh's College | 30 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Phyllis Stewart Harley | Somerville College | 30 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Constance Myra Harris | Society of Oxford Home-Students | 14 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Edith May Harrison | Somerville College | 13 November | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Frances Lilian Harrison | Somerville College | 13 November | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Gertrude Clare Harrison | Somerville College | 13 November | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Agnes Margaret Hart | St Hugh's College | 14 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Innes Ruth Gray Hart | St Hugh's College | 17 December | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Constance Margaret Hartnell | Somerville College | 25 November | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Ethel Harvey | Lady Margaret Hall | 14 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Elsie Briant Hayward | Somerville College | 30 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Emily Heath Heawood | Lady Margaret Hall | 30 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Nellie Gray Henderson | Somerville College | 13 November | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Dora Margaret Hibgame | Somerville College | 13 November | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Janet Maud Higginbotham | St Hilda's Hall | 17 December | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Dorothea Frances Powles Hiley | Somerville College | 28 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Gladys Hill | Somerville College | 28 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Ethel Margaret Hirst | St Hugh's College | 17 December | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Marjorie Berta Hobhouse | Somerville College | 17 December | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Margaret Blanche Hobling | Somerville College | 30 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Florence Reed Hodges | Somerville College | 30 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Edith Hodgkinson | Somerville College | 30 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Katharine Mary Hodgkinson | Somerville College | 13 November | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Muriel Sibyl Holland | St Hugh's College | 13 November | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Doris Jeanie Hollowell | Somerville College | 30 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Miriam Margery Homersham | St Hugh's College | 30 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Vivienne Cecilia Horne | St Hugh's College | 30 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Alice Horsman | Somerville College | 28 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Violet Edith Houghton | St Hugh's College | 30 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Margery Christina Huckett | Lady Margaret Hall | 30 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Dora Muriel Hudson | Somerville College | 30 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Helen Campbell Hughes | St Hilda's Hall | 28 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Margaret Horatia Catherine Hugo | Society of Oxford Home-Students | 28 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Dora Ibberson | St Hugh's College | 13 November | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Constance Mary Irons | Lady Margaret Hall | 28 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Margaret Gladys Irwin | St Hugh's College | 28 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Eileen Dorothy Ivelaw-Chapman | Lady Margaret Hall | 17 December | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Muriel Jaeger | Somerville College | 14 October | Bachelor of Arts | Muriel Jaeger | |
| Mrs Mary Gertrude Jeff | Lady Margaret Hall | 28 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Hilda Jennings | St Hilda's Hall | 30 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Helena Gwendoline Louisa John | Lady Margaret Hall | 17 December | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Dorothy Catherine Johnson | Lady Margaret Hall | 30 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Florence Edith Johnson | Somerville College | 14 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Anne Farewell Jones | Somerville College | 25 November | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Katharine Farewell Jones | Somerville College | 25 November | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Leah Kay | Somerville College | 14 October | Bachelor of Arts | Leah L'Estrange Malone | |
| Eliza Mary Keen | Lady Margaret Hall | 14 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Margaret Kennedy | Somerville College | 30 October | Bachelor of Arts | Margaret Kennedy | |
| Mary Ethel King | St Hugh's College | 30 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Clara Kirchberger | Somerville College | 17 December | Bachelor of Arts | Clare Kirchberger | |
| Frances Irene Knowles | St Hilda's Hall | 28 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Mary Winefride Koe | Society of Oxford Home-Students | 30 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Emily Lawn | Society of Oxford Home-Students | 17 December | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Alice Mary Layman | Lady Margaret Hall | 13 November | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Beatrice Angela Leary | Lady Margaret Hall | 13 November | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Jessie Lyall Lee Strathy | Lady Margaret Hall | 30 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Edith Mabel Lucy Lees | Somerville College | 28 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Margaret Mary Leigh | Somerville College | 28 October | Bachelor of Arts | Margaret Leigh | |
| Hélène Lejeune | Lady Margaret Hall | 14 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Florence Margaret Jane Levett | Lady Margaret Hall | 14 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Alice Kathleen Lewis | Somerville College | 25 November | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Mary Gaynor Lewis | Somerville College | 14 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Katharine Mary Leys | Lady Margaret Hall | 28 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Hannah Lister | Somerville College | 28 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Celia Mary Lloyd | St Hilda's Hall | 30 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Eluned Clunes Lloyd | Somerville College | 30 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Dorothy Lodge | Lady Margaret Hall | 14 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Ida Marion Lord | Somerville College | 25 November | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Mrs Rosalind Stewart Luffman | Somerville College | 28 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Frances Grace Lupton | Somerville College | 13 November | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Dorothy Hilda Denham Lyall | Somerville College | 13 November | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Helena Norris Mack | Lady Margaret Hall | 13 November | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Elizabeth Kathleen Mackay | Society of Oxford Home-Students | 30 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Florence Annabella Macrae | Lady Margaret Hall | 13 November | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Florence Eleanor Malaher | Lady Margaret Hall | 30 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Phyllis Mary Marshall | Lady Margaret Hall | 28 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Mary Evelyn Maurice | St Hugh's College | 30 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Dorothea Mavor | Lady Margaret Hall | 25 November | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Phyllis May | St Hugh's College | 30 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Isobel Margaret Stewart McColl | Lady Margaret Hall | 17 December | Bachelor of Arts | Isobel Forrester | |
| Frances Ann McCurrich | Lady Margaret Hall | 28 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Enid Devoge McLeod | St Hugh's College | 25 November | Bachelor of Arts | Enid McLeod | |
| Mrs Marjorie McNair | Somerville College | 14 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Nancy Florence Melly | Lady Margaret Hall | 17 December | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Emily Middleton | Somerville College | 13 November | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Anita Newton Miles | Somerville College | 13 November | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Elizabeth Buchanan Mitchell | Lady Margaret Hall | 14 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Mary Wood Diack Mitchell | Somerville College | 30 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Margaret Frances Moor | Somerville College | 30 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Elinor Alice Moore | Lady Margaret Hall | 14 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Ethel Margaret Moore | Lady Margaret Hall | 30 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Gladys Mary Morgan | St Hilda's Hall | 17 December | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Violet Cecil Murray | St Hugh's College | 28 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Phyllis Bruce Muscott | St Hugh's College | 17 December | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Elisabeth Daisy Nalder | St Hilda's Hall | 28 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Nellie Neild | Lady Margaret Hall | 13 November | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Eleanor Sarah Nicholas | St Hugh's College | 13 November | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Agnes Isabel Nolting | Lady Margaret Hall | 25 November | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Kathleen Muriel Nuttall | Somerville College | 14 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Hilda Diana Oakeley | Somerville College | 30 October | Bachelor of Arts | Hilda D. Oakeley | |
| Nancy Barbara Ockenden | Lady Margaret Hall | 30 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Doris Maude Odlum | St Hilda's Hall | 14 October | Bachelor of Arts | Doris Odlum | |
| Ermin Mary Theodora Oliver | St Hugh's College | 25 November | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Constance Mary Ottley | Society of Oxford Home-Students | 30 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Annie Amy Myfanwy Owen | Somerville College | 30 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Eluned Elizabeth Owen | Somerville College | 30 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Margaret Christian Pantin | Somerville College | 30 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Annie Hunton Park | St Hugh's College | 30 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Constance Emily Parker | Somerville College | 13 November | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Beatrice Gertrude Parrett | St Hugh's College | 25 November | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Dorothea Annie Paton | Somerville College | 30 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Winifred Mary Watson Paul | St Hugh's College | 14 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Emily Frances Mary Peacey | Somerville College | 28 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Stéphanie Peacock | Lady Margaret Hall | 25 November | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Sybil Alicia Pearson | Society of Oxford Home-Students | 14 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Elizabeth May Peet | Somerville College | 30 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Dorothy Annie Allies Penny | St Hugh's College | 30 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Isabel Lilian Perkin | St Hilda's Hall | 30 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Doris Phillips | Somerville College | 13 November | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Eleanor Addison Phillips | St Hugh's College | 28 October | Bachelor of Arts | Eleanor Addison Phillips | |
| Ruth Leslie Phillips | St Hugh's College | 17 December | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Gwladys Mary Pierce-Jones | Society of Oxford Home-Students | 30 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Ierne Arthur Lifford Plunket | Society of Oxford Home-Students | 17 December | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Marguerite Muriel Culpeper Pollard | Society of Oxford Home-Students | 14 October | Bachelor of Letters | ||
| Dorothy Joy Lane Poole | Society of Oxford Home-Students | 14 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Mary Winearls Porter | Society of Oxford Home-Students | 14 October | Bachelor of Science | Mary Winearls Porter | |
| Marguerite Potter | Lady Margaret Hall | 13 November | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Muriel Lucy Potter | St Hugh's College | 30 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Katharine Grace Potts | Somerville College | 30 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Annie Edwards Powell | Lady Margaret Hall | 17 December | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Mrs Evelyn Mary Stewart Prentis | Somerville College | 28 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Hilda Frances Margaret Prescott | Lady Margaret Hall | 17 December | Bachelor of Arts | H. F. M. Prescott | |
| Phyllis Mary Price | St Hugh's College | 25 November | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Dorothea Katherine Price Hughes | Somerville College | 28 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Ethel Favell Priest-Shaw | St Hugh's College | 25 November | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Evelyn Emma Stefanos Procter | Somerville College | 17 December | Bachelor of Arts | Evelyn Procter | |
| Eileen Constance Purdon | Society of Oxford Home-Students | 13 November | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Helen Josephine Pybus | Somerville College | 30 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Constance Elizabeth Raymont | Somerville College | 30 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Phillis Redfern | Somerville College | 30 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Constance Reid | Somerville College | 13 November | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Marjorie Ross Rennie | Lady Margaret Hall | 14 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Marcia Alice Rice | St Hugh's College | 28 October | Bachelor of Arts | Marcia Rice | |
| Nancy Doris Richards | Somerville College | 30 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Evelyn Violet Elisabeth Rodd | Lady Margaret Hall | 25 November | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Lilian Constance Rogers | St Hugh's College | 30 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Benedicta Jeannette Hanbury Rowe | Lady Margaret Hall | 30 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Silvia Laughland Roxburgh | St Hilda's Hall | 14 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Louise Reiniera Jeanne Antoinette Royaards | Somerville College | 28 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Agnes Russell | Somerville College | 13 November | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Margaret Ellen Ryland | Somerville College | 30 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Sybil Mary Ryland | Somerville College | 25 November | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Dorothy Maud Sabin | Somerville College | 28 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Anna Sandeman | Society of Oxford Home-Students | 25 November | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Edith Julia Sanders | Lady Margaret Hall | 30 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Helen Sanders | Lady Margaret Hall | 14 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Margaret Thérèse Saunders | Lady Margaret Hall | 30 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Constance Winifred Savery | Somerville College | 14 October | Bachelor of Arts | Constance Savery | |
| Dorothy Leigh Sayers | Somerville College | 14 October | Bachelor of Arts | Dorothy L. Sayers | |
| Margaret Rende Bryers Shaw | St Hugh's College | 14 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Karen Margaret Shepherd | Lady Margaret Hall | 17 December | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Annie Beatrice Skevington | Somerville College | 13 November | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Rosamund Isabel Skilbeck | Somerville College | 30 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Charlotte Elizabeth Louisa Smith | Lady Margaret Hall | 28 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Edith Philip Smith | Somerville College | 14 October | Bachelor of Arts | Edith Philip Smith | |
| Mrs Elsie Muriel Smith | Somerville College | 17 December | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Matilda Snow | Somerville College | 30 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Constance Lilian Sowby | St Hugh's College | 30 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Gladys Rebecca Sowels | St Hilda's Hall | 14 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Beatrice Margaret Sparks | St Hugh's College | 28 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Dorothy Spencer | Somerville College | 25 November | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Eva Dykes Spicer | Somerville College | 25 November | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Katharine Winifred Spikes | Lady Margaret Hall | 30 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Audrey Spink | St Hugh's College | 30 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Claribel Spurling | Society of Oxford Home-Students | 30 October | Bachelor of Arts | Claribel Spurling | |
| Grace Mary Spurway | St Hugh's College | 30 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Enid Gladys Stacey | Lady Margaret Hall | 17 December | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Alysoun Beatrice Staniforth | St Hilda's Hall | 13 November | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Mrs Hilda Mary Stanton | St Hugh's College | 13 November | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Enid Mary Starkie | Somerville College | 30 October | Bachelor of Arts | Enid Starkie | |
| Elsie Jackson Dawes Staveley | St Hugh's College | 30 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Mrs Rachel Elizabeth Stead | Lady Margaret Hall | 28 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Mrs Alice Margaret Stevenson | Somerville College | 28 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Mrs Phoebe Maurice Stevenson | Somerville College | 30 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Eveleen Emily Stopford | St Hugh's College | 17 December | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Muriel Storr | Somerville College | 17 December | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Harriet Jeanie Strange | Somerville College | 30 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Mary Sturt | Somerville College | 17 December | Bachelor of Arts | Mary Sturt | |
| Frances Mildred Swann | Lady Margaret Hall | 17 December | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Kathleen Mary Tanqueray | Lady Margaret Hall | 13 November | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Gertrude Winifred Taylor | St Hilda's Hall | 28 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Margerie Venables Taylor | Somerville College | 30 October | Bachelor of Arts | Margerie Venables Taylor | |
| Emilie Gabrielle Thackeray | Lady Margaret Hall | 13 November | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Edna Marie Thomas | St Hugh's College | 30 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Eliza Mary Thomas | St Hugh's College | 14 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Mrs Gwyneth Marjorie Thomson | St Hugh's College | 14 October | Bachelor of Arts | Gwyneth Bebb | |
| Sara Armstrong Thomson | Somerville College | 30 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Joyce Clement Thornton | Somerville College | 30 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Margaret Gertrude Stuart Tidey | Lady Margaret Hall | 28 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Una Helen Stuart Tilley | Somerville College | 17 December | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Mrs Ella Ogilvy Tomes | St Hilda's Hall | 25 November | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Dora Sloane Tomkinson | Lady Margaret Hall | 30 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Janet Phoebe Tree | Somerville College | 30 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Muriel Marion Underhill | Society of Oxford Home-Students | 28 October | Bachelor of Letters | ||
| Emily Rosa West Unmack | St Hugh's College | 28 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Janet Mary Upcott | Somerville College | 25 November | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Anna Mildred Veitch | St Hilda's Hall | 30 October | Bachelor of Arts | Mildred Veitch | |
| Mrs Margaret Walker | Somerville College | 13 November | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Elizabeth Annie Waller | Somerville College | 30 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Violet Wallis | Somerville College | 30 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Mary Ethelwyn Walton | Somerville College | 25 November | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Evelyn Agnes Waters | Lady Margaret Hall | 28 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Helen Waters | Somerville College | 30 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Ethel Mary Watkins | Society of Oxford Home-Students | 13 November | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Ethel Carrie Webb | Somerville College | 30 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Gladys Evelyn Emerson Webb | Lady Margaret Hall | 25 November | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Frances Mary West | Somerville College | 30 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Margaret Sarah White | Lady Margaret Hall | 30 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Enid Whitham | Somerville College | 30 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Ruth Wild | Lady Margaret Hall | 30 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Mrs Agnes Muriel Wilde | Lady Margaret Hall | 14 October | Bachelor of Arts | Agnes Muriel Clay | |
| Rose Mackelcan Wildy | St Hugh's College | 13 November | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Doris Helen Wilkinson | Somerville College | 17 December | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Edith Annie Willey | Somerville College | 17 December | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Cicely Delphine Williams | Somerville College | 14 October | Bachelor of Arts | Cicely Williams | |
| Ethel Carleton Williams | Lady Margaret Hall | 13 November | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Ivy Williams | Society of Oxford Home-Students | 14 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Ivy Williams | Society of Oxford Home-Students | 14 October | Bachelor of Civil Law | Ivy Williams | |
| Ellen Dorothea Margaret Winters | Somerville College | 25 November | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Frances Sylvia Wolryche-Whitmore | Somerville College | 30 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Winifred Woolley | St Hugh's College | 17 December | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Mrs Lilian May Worthington | Somerville College | 14 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Mary Wright | Somerville College | 25 November | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Mary St. John Wright | St Hugh's College | 30 October | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Mrs Rose Frances Wrightson | Lady Margaret Hall | 25 November | Bachelor of Arts | ||
| Helen Young | 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.
| Name | College | Role | Date | Article | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ada E. Levett | St Hilda's Hall |
|
26 October | A. E. Levett | |
| Cecilia M. Ady | St Hugh's College | Tutor | 26 October | Cecilia Mary Ady | |
| Alice M. Bruce | Somerville College |
|
26 October | Alice Bruce | |
| Christina V. Butler | Society of Oxford Home-Students | Tutor | 26 October | C. Violet Butler | |
| Ruth F. Butler | Society of Oxford Home-Students |
|
26 October | ||
| Evelyn M. Jamison | Lady Margaret Hall |
|
26 October | Evelyn Jamison | |
| Henrietta Jex-Blake | St Hugh's College | Principal | 14 October | Henrietta Jex-Blake | |
| Mrs Bertha Jane Johnson | Society of Oxford Home-Students | Principal | 14 October | Bertha Johnson | |
| Eleanor Frances Jourdain | St Hugh's College | Principal | 14 October | Eleanor Jourdain | |
| Jane W. Kirkaldy | Somerville and St. Hugh's Colleges | Tutor | 26 October | Jane Kirkaldy | |
| Margaret L. Lee | Society of Oxford Home-Students | Tutor | 26 October | ||
| Eleanor C. Lodge | Lady Margaret Hall |
|
26 October | Eleanor Lodge | |
| Hilda L. Lorimer | Somerville College | Tutor | 26 October | Hilda Lorimer | |
| Nora E. MacMunn | Society of Oxford Home-Students | Tutor | 26 October | ||
| Katherine S. H. McCutcheon | Lady Margaret Hall | Tutor | 26 October | ||
| Winifred Horsbrugh Moberly | St Hilda's Hall | Principal | 14 October | Winifred Moberly | |
| Emily Penrose | Somerville College | Principal | 14 October | Emily Penrose | |
| Mildred K. Pope | Somerville College | Tutor | 26 October | Mildred K. Pope | |
| Annie M. A. H. Rogers | St Hugh's College | Tutor | 26 October | Annie Rogers | |
| Margaret G. Skipworth | Lady Margaret Hall | Tutor | 26 October | ||
| Janet Spens | Lady Margaret Hall | Tutor | 26 October | Janet Spens | |
| Edith E. Wardale | St Hugh's College | Tutor | 26 October | Edith Wardale |
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Further reading
Articles
- Sultan, Mena (8 October 2019). "October 1920: Women granted full membership of Oxford University". The Guardian.
Books
- Brittain, Vera (1960). The Women At Oxford: A Fragment Of History. Macmillan Publishers. ISBN 978-1-02-117522-9.
- Batson, Judy G. (2008). Her Oxford. Vanderbilt University Press. ISBN 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
