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Cambridge archive of anti-women student protest digitised
Original: Cambridge University anti-women students 'confetti and rockets' digitised
The University of Cambridge has digitised materials from a violent protest by students opposed to women being admitted to degrees, in which items including confetti and rockets were used. The records document opposition to women's education at the university and are now being made available, drawing attention to the history of resistance faced by the first women students at Cambridge.
Why now: The digitisation of documents showing organised male student opposition to women's degrees resonates with current debates about women's access to education.
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Evidence
- Cambridge University anti-women students 'confetti and rockets' digitised · BBC News
The materials were gathering during a violent protest by those opposed to women getting degrees.
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