...discussion of educational topics, which has gained in strength and importance every year. The contribution of the North of England Council for Promoting the Higher Education of Women (1867-1874) to the cause which it espoused must also receive mention. The Froebel Society (1874) and...

...teaching or examining designed particularly 'for women', and were distinctly luke-warm towards the plans of the 'North of England Council for Promoting the Higher Education of Women', a body representing local associations in Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle and Sheffield. This...

...the Universities. ' ' SCHOOL AND SOCIETY [VOL. XXVH, No. 684 (unofficial) extension class. In 1867 the North, of England Council for promoting the Higher Education of Women invited him to deliver to them a series of lectures. After considerable discussion it was agreed that...

...and other occasions pointed to the need for some permanent organisation, and led to the establishment of the North of England Council for promoting the Higher Education of Women in November 1867. Miss Clough became the secretary and Josephine Butler (better known for her campaign...

...time, as Fitch put it, were against coeducation. In 1869 when the subject had come up at a meeting of the North of England Council for Promoting the Higher Education of Women, Josephine Butler had urged its advantages, especially on the score of economy. Others, including Fitch,...

...advanced instruction for women through lectures by university dons. The union of the latter in 1867 into the North of England Council for Promoting the Higher Education of Women marked the beginning of the influential university extension movement. The sizeable audiences the council's...

...Barbara Bodichon and Millicent Fawcett aroused her interest in higher education. Clough was secretary of the North of England Council for Promoting the Higher Education of Women, 1867-70, and president, 1873-4. In 1871 she took charge of a residence for women who were attending...

...meantime the reforming Cambridge professor Henry Sidgwick had approached Anne Jemima Clough, a leader of the North of England Council for Promoting the Higher Education of Women, about founding a residential hall for those interested in attending lectures connected with the Higher...

...meantime the reforming Cambridge professor Henry Sidgwick had approached Anne Jemima Clough, a leader of the North of England Council for Promoting the Higher Education of Women, about founding a residential hall for those interested in attending lectures connected with the Higher...

...energies to the movement to repeal the Contagious Diseases Acts (Anne Jemima Clough succeeded her as head of the North of England Council for Promoting the Higher Education of Women), Wolstenholme became sole secretary of the Married Women's Property Committee, and Becker headed the...