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Bluestockings: The Remarkable Story of the First Women to Fight for an Education

Robinson presents the eye-opening and inspiring story of the first young women who overcame all the odds to get their education and attend university. Using the words of the women themselves, 'Bluestockings' charts the fight for and expansion of higher education for women from 1869 through to the 1930s.

Audience
adult
Length
long · 400 pages

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