Higher Education and the Gendering of Space in England and Wales, 1869-1909

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This book offers a spatial history of the decades in which women entered the universities as students for the first time. Through focusing on several different types of spaces – such as learning spaces, leisure spaces, and commuting spaces – it argues that the nuances and realities of everyday life for both men and women students during this period can be found in the physical environments in which this education took place, as declaring women eligible for admittance and degrees did not automatically usher in coeducation on equal terms. It posits that the intersection of gender and space played an integral role in shaping the physical and social landscape of higher education in England and Wales in the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries, whether explicitly – as epitomised by the building of single-sex colleges – or implicitly, through assumed behavioural norms and practices.  Series Editors Preface Acknowledgements Contents Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: The Campus Ideal Religion and the Middle Class Regional Pride and the ‘Local’ University Early Foundations and the Desire to Build The Urban/Rural Divide and the Idea of the Campus Oxbridge Influence and Rebellion Conclusion Chapter 3: The Question of Residence The Rise of the Non-residential University Women Students and Residence Living in Lodgings Residence to Non-residence and Back Again Conclusion Chapter 4: Class, Commuting, and the City The City and the Suburbs Women in the City Class and Respectability Temporality Conclusion Chapter 5: Libraries, Laboratories, and Learning Spaces Lecture Theatres and Classrooms Teaching Provision Laboratories Libraries Conclusion Chapter 6: Sport, Soirées, and Social Spaces Collegiate Life and Athletic Spaces Women’s Health and Sporting Spaces Socialisation and Dances Common Rooms Conclusion Chapter 7: Unions, Guilds, and Extra-Curricular Spaces Students’ Unions Debating Student Government The Suffrage Question Networks of Educated Women Conclusion Chapter 8: Conclusion Primary Manuscript Sources Bibliography Primary Printed Sources Secondary Sources Index