Somerville for Women tells the story of the pioneering Oxford women's college whose alumnae include a Nobel prizewinner for chemistry, two prime ministers, and a whole school of novelists. A lively account of a remarkable institution, it is also an important source for the history of the University of Oxford, and for many aspects of women's studies.
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`Pauline Adam's book is a well-observed and often humourous account of Somerville... and there are perceptive vignettes of the college's nine distinguished Principals' Oxford Today
`Pauline Adam's book is a well-observed and often humourous account of Somerville... and there are perceptive vignettes of the college's nine distinguished Principals' Oxford Today
`She recounts efficiently the basics of foundation, building, development, administration, etc., but never loses sight of the fact that colleges are communities of people, and enlivens what might have been a relatively dry narrative with personal accounts by students, teachers and Principals. Highly recommended not merely for those concerned with women's education, but for those who like an interesting (and sometimes amusing) read.' The Fawcett Library Newsletter, No. 27 June 1996
`it is hard to imagine a better use of the archive than she has made in her history of Somerville' Mary Warnock, The Spectator
`it is hard to imagine a better use of the archive than she has made in her history of Somerville ... She has avoided the facetiousness and patronising tone of some histories of the beginnings of university education for women; and, at the other end, her account of the abortive struggle to keep the college single-sex, more than a century later, is markedly judicious.' Mary Warnock, Spectator
`Somerville for Women is much more than just the record of an institution. As a contribution to the history of women in the past century it deserves to rank with such outstanding works as Martha Vicinus's Independent Women. Adams writes with warm humanity, allied to a waspish sense of humour ... Gilbert Murray wrote that Somerville was "more fun" than a man's college. Pauline Adams's study certainly bears this out.' Times Literary Supplement
`Adams manages to summarise deftly vital but not always easily digestible information ... She has a sharp eye and ear for the apposite comment and quotation.' Gillian Sutherland, Oxford Review of Education, Vol. 23, No. 2, 1997
`Pauline Adam's book is a well-observed and often humourous account of Somerville... and there are perceptive vignettes of the college's nine distinguished Principals' Oxford Today
`She recounts efficiently the basics of foundation, building, development, administration, etc., but never loses sight of the fact that colleges are communities of people, and enlivens what might have been a relatively dry narrative with personal accounts by students, teachers and Principals. Highly recommended not merely for those concerned with women's education, but for those who like an interesting (and sometimes amusing) read.' The Fawcett Library Newsletter, No. 27 June 1996
`it is hard to imagine a better use of the archive than she has made in her history of Somerville' Mary Warnock, The Spectator
`it is hard to imagine a better use of the archive than she has made in her history of Somerville ... She has avoided the facetiousness and patronising tone of some histories of the beginnings of university education for women; and, at the other end, her account of the abortive struggle to keep the college single-sex, more than a century later, is markedly judicious.' Mary Warnock, Spectator
`Somerville for Women is much more than just the record of an institution. As a contribution to the history of women in the past century it deserves to rank with such outstanding works as Martha Vicinus's Independent Women. Adams writes with warm humanity, allied to a waspish sense of humour ... Gilbert Murray wrote that Somerville was "more fun" than a man's college. Pauline Adams's study certainly bears this out.' Times Literary Supplement
`Adams manages to summarise deftly vital but not always easily digestible information ... She has a sharp eye and ear for the apposite comment and quotation.' Gillian Sutherland, Oxford Review of Education, Vol. 23, No. 2, 1997
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Pauline Adams is at Somerville College, Oxford.
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