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Treasure 39: Aberdeen Ladies' Educational Association Minute Books, 1877-1886
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Treasure 39: Aberdeen Ladies' Educational Association Minute Books, 1877-1886

Historic Documents
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Treasure 39: Aberdeen Ladies' Educational Association Minute Books, 1877-1886
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Treasure 39: Aberdeen Ladies' Educational Association Minute Books, 1877-1886
There were a number of initiatives in 19th Century Scotland aiming to improve education for women including university local examination schemes, courses of lectures by university professors, and the formation of Ladies' Educational Associations.

Aberdeen Local Studies holds a Minute Book recording the relatively short-lived Aberdeen Association founded in 1877 to provide higher education for women. The volume also contains documents including the initial prospectus, six printed annual reports and a selection of newspaper advertisements for the lectures offered by the Association.

The Association ran courses for seven years which included 13 different subjects - physiology and the laws of health appeared in the 1881-82 session while German language and literature, along with physical geography and geology, were offered in the 1882-3 session.

However, the number of women attending the courses dropped during the 1882-83 session. Classes were discontinued in Spring 1884, and the Association was wound up in July 1886.
In 1892 the University of Aberdeen began to admit women to its degree courses.

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Aberdeen Ladies' Educational Association
Aberdeen Local Studies
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