[University of Cambridge protest : effigy of a woman hung from Caius College across Trinity Street] / photographed by Thomas Stearn.

Stearn

1897

1 photograph : albumen print ; sheet 21.4 x 27.4 cm

Princeton Digital PUL

A large crowd of people fills a street in front of ornate buildings, with an effigy hanging from a wire above. A large crowd of people fills a street in front of ornate buildings, with an effigy hanging from a wire above. Albumen silver print taken on May 21, 1897, the day when the Cambridge University Senate voted on whether to grant female students the right to receive a full degree. Large numbers of undergraduates, alumni, and staff protested. Special Collections D East 59/GC131/Box 82/Small/University of Cambridge Protest/19th c. GA 2022.00290