Janus: Personal Papers of Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon

Girton/GCPP Bodichon 3 contains:
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12	Letter from Hannah Pipe to Barbara Bodichon
13	Petition re Tripos examinations
14	Letter from Sedley Taylor to the Committee of Girton College
15	Letter from Fanny Metcalfe to Barbara Bodichon
16	Letter from John Cross to Barbara Bodichon
17	Letter from Louisa Lumsden to Barbara Bodichon
18	Letter from Fanny Metcalfe to Barbara Bodichon
19	Letter from Constance Maynard to Barbara Bodichon
20	Letter from Emily Shirreff to Barbara Bodichon
21	Letter from Sedley Taylor to Barbara Bodichon
22	Letter from Fanny Metcalfe to Barbara Bodichon
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Personal Papers of Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon

Title	Letter from Emily Gibson to Barbara Bodichon
Reference	GCPP Bodichon 3/7 (former reference: B407)
Creator	Gibson, Emily C
Covering Dates	14 Mar. 1871
Extent and Medium	1 item; Paper

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Asking for support on an issue which she believes is going to be referred to the Committee; explains that she and some other students had recently performed some scenes from Shakespeare; when there was an objection to them wearing male costume, they promised not to wear it in the public room again. Concerned that wearing male costume in their private space will also be banned and suggests that 'every restriction which curtails the individual responsibility of the student lessens the educational advantage of the life here'.

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