First women admitted to degrees at the University of Oxford

In 1920, the University of Oxford admitted women to degrees for the first time during the Michaelmas term.

[5] That same year, on 7 October, women also became eligible for admission as full members of the university.

In 1873, Annie Rogers sat for the Oxford school examination and came out on top, automatically qualifying for an exhibition at Balliol or Worcester College.

However, when the university realised she was female, they rescinded her offer and her place was given to the boy who had come sixth in the tests.

[14] From 1927 until 1957 there was a quota system which limited the number of students admitted to the women's societies.

[16] In response to the vote failure, the AEW began to issue a diploma listing the exams a student had passed at the end of her studies.

[21] "Oxford has recognised that she has daughters, and some day she will give to them, as to her sons, the right to bear her name and wear her gown."

The University of Oxford awarded Master of Arts degrees by decree of convocation to the following principals and tutors of the women's colleges in October 1920.

A group photo of young Victorian women.
First women students at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford , c. 1879
Black and white image of women wearing graduation robes, on their way to the degree conferral ceremony
Former women students returned to Oxford to receive their degrees, one week after women became eligible for admission as full members.
A group photo of five women in silk gowns used in graduation ceremonies.
The principals of women's colleges at Oxford awarded degrees by decree, October 1920. L to R: Winifred Moberly , Emily Penrose , Bertha Johnson , Eleanor Jourdain , and Henrietta Jex-Blake