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Topical Budget 530-2: Woman's Crushing Defeat at Cambridge (1921)

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A motion to admit female students to Cambridge is heavily defeated.

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It was not all progress for women, despite having gained a limited right to vote in 1918. The news item reports on the movement pressing for women students to have a limited membership of Cambridge University being defeated by 908 votes to 694.

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	Topical Budget: Women