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Abstract
This article examines the student career of Dorothy M. Gladish at University College Nottingham from 1910–1915. By drawing on little-studied archives, a range of narratives about Gladish's multiple embodiments of the female student are analysed. In particular, these narratives are situated within the representational contexts of the Gong student magazine, which are marked by re-writings of Victorian literary texts that re-invent the contemporary female student. In the case of Gladish, the symbolic and literal ‘trial’ was also a feature of her student career. A ‘Mock Trial’ of Gladish is read alongside accounts of the college council’s examination of Professor R. G. F. Dolley, following a complaint by the Gladish family, and their responses to the trial of Oscar Wilde in 1895, contained in a hitherto restricted archive. Consideration is given to how this case study extends our knowledge about women’s roles in civic universities at this period.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 880-899 |
Number of pages | 20 |
Journal | Women's History Review |
Volume | 26 |
Issue number | 6 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 27 Sept 2016 |
Keywords
- Dorothy Gladish Meads
- University College Nottingham
- trial
- Gong magazine
- Dolley
- Oscar Wilde
- Salome
- female students
- women's roles
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Projects
- 1 Finished
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Diarist, Grocers and Teachers.The Many Lives of Dorothy Meads: Writing Early Twentieth-Century Women's Histories
Edwards, S. (Principal Investigator)
Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland
30/06/15 → 31/12/15
Project: Research
Research output
- 1 Entry for encyclopedia/dictionary
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Meads [nee Gladish], Dorothy May (1891-1958)
Edwards, S., 14 Mar 2019, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Cannadine, D. (ed.). Oxford: Oxford University PressResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Entry for encyclopedia/dictionary
Open AccessFile55 Downloads (Pure)
Activities
- 1 Participation in conference
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Women’s History Scotland conference
Edwards, S. (Participant)
9 Sept 2016Activity: Participating in or Organising an Event › Participation in conference