Dangerous by Degrees

by Susan J. Leonardi

Book Overview

In 1921, forty-one years after the opening of Somerville and Lady Margaret Hall, the first women's colleges at Oxford, the University finally granted degrees to women. The heated debate leading up to this historic step brought to light male Oxford's fears about the women in their midst. In response to these anxieties, the women's colleges were forced to engage in a delicate balancing act - fulfilling their mission to provide women with the same education...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813513650
• ISBN13: 9780813513652
• Release Date: March 1989
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Length: 254 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.