Bluestockings - The Story of the First Women to Fight for an Education written by Jane Robinson performed by Carole Boyd on CD (Unabridged)

In 1869, when five women enrolled at university for frist time in British history, the female brain was thought to be 1500 grammes lighter than a man;s and, doctors warneed that if women studied too hard their wombs would wither and die, Thirty years later, when the Cambridge Senate voted....

on whether women should be allowed offcial membeeship of the university, there was a riot. This is their story of defiance and determination. of colourful eccenricity and at time heartbreaking loneliness, as well as of passionate Friendships, midnight coccoa-parties and glrious self-discovery.