Place of event

Somerville College, Oxford

About

Cornelia Sorabji was admitted as the first woman to study law at the University of Oxford.

Banner image credit

The Dome Hospital [Brighton], 1915, H D Girdwood Collection, Shelfmark: Photo 24/1, Courtesy of British Library Board, Usage Term: Public Domain

Image credit

0019, Somerville Hall 1891. Courtesy of the Principal and Fellows of Somerville College, Oxford.

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