Emily Davies

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1830 – 1921

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Who was Emily Davies?

Sarah Emily Davies was an English feminist, suffragist and a pioneering campaigner for women's rights to university access. She is principally remembered as being the co-founder and first Mistress of Girton College, Cambridge University, the first college in England to educate women.

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Born
Apr 22, 1830
Southampton
Nationality
  • United Kingdom
Died
Jul 13, 1921

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on July 23, 2013

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