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Birney, Margaret Scott.

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Women's colleges in nineteenth century Britain: Their architectural and social context. (Volumes I and II).

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Women's colleges in nineteenth century Britain: Their architectural and social context. (Volumes I and II)./
Author:	Birney, Margaret Scott.
Description:	492 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 54-05, Section: A, page: 1571.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International54-05A.
Subject:	Art History. -
Online resource:	http://wwwlib.umi.com/dissertations/fullcit/9326428
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=9326428

Women's colleges in nineteenth century Britain: Their architectural and social context. (Volumes I and II).
Birney, Margaret Scott.

Women's colleges in nineteenth century Britain: Their architectural and social context. (Volumes I and II). - 492 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 54-05, Section: A, page: 1571.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Stanford University, 1993.

This dissertation examines the first purpose-built colleges for women in nineteenth-century Britain. These are, Girton and Newnham at Cambridge, Lady Margaret Hall and Somerville at Oxford, and Westfield and Royal Holloway, both affiliated with the University of London. While the architecture and evolution of each college is investigated individually, the greater purpose of the thesis is to expose the ideology behind the education of women, and how it conditioned the architectural environment of women's colleges. Integral to this, is a focus on nineteenth century attitudes towards architecture in general, including theories on planning and matters of style.Subjects--Topical Terms:

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Art History.

Women's colleges in nineteenth century Britain: Their architectural and social context. (Volumes I and II).
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520 $a This dissertation examines the first purpose-built colleges for women in nineteenth-century Britain. These are, Girton and Newnham at Cambridge, Lady Margaret Hall and Somerville at Oxford, and Westfield and Royal Holloway, both affiliated with the University of London. While the architecture and evolution of each college is investigated individually, the greater purpose of the thesis is to expose the ideology behind the education of women, and how it conditioned the architectural environment of women's colleges. Integral to this, is a focus on nineteenth century attitudes towards architecture in general, including theories on planning and matters of style.
520 $a Archival materials such as letters, diaries and the minutes of committees, provided the starting point for research into these colleges, by laying out their architectural and social requirements. Short histories and journal articles about the colleges were helpful as they include anecdotes from the early years and propaganda about how the colleges were intended to function. Contemporary writings on architectural styles and issues of planning offered a means of analyzing the buildings within their architectural context. Nineteenth-century novels elaborate on the social issues related to the women's movement for higher education, and current feminist theory and criticism was used as a means of interpreting and highlighting the still vital concerns which shape our environment.
520 $a The architecture of the women's colleges is the main focus of this dissertation. However, their evolution cannot be understood outside the larger context of society's attitudes towards women and their role in nineteenth-century Britain. Similarly, by investigating the growth of colleges for women, key issues regarding women and their rights and education, inevitably emerge. This dissertation illustrates, in a focused way, the progressive and constraining forces in society which shaped these early institutions for women. The architecture of the women's colleges provides a visual testament to the struggles, aspirations and concerns which conditioned women's lives in the Victorian era. Furthermore, the issues raised here regarding women, education and the built environment, help to increase our understanding of the way in which society's attitudes and opinions continue to condition our lives and the buildings we inhabit.
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