Annie Rogers
Annie Rogers (born February 15, 1856 in Oxford , England ; † October 28, 1937 in ibid.) Was a British promoter of women's education. She became a lecturer in 1879 as the only woman with the equivalent of an Oxford University degree.
life and work
Rogers was the eldest of six children of the politician James Edwin Thorold Rogers , a women's rights activist, and his second wife Ann Susannah Charlotte (née Reynolds). In 1863 she was a child model for Lewis Carroll , who created photographs of her in period costume. In 1873 she passed the Oxford school exams and was automatically qualified for Balliol College or Worcester College . However, the offer for a place at Oxford University was withdrawn when it was found that she was female. As a consolation prize, Balliol College gave her Homer Volumes, and her place was given to the boy who finished sixth on the Tests. In 1877 and 1879 she passed exams for women in undergraduate studies, which gave her an equivalent of first-class grades in Latin and Greek and in history.
She did not officially receive an Oxford degree until 1920 when women were admitted as full members of the university and given the right to graduate. In 1879, Oxford University opened its first female classes and she became the only woman with the equivalent of an Oxford University degree to teach. She joined the Association for the Advancement of Higher Education for Women in Oxford and became its secretary. In 1893 she taught Latin at Oxford High School, England . In 1897 she wrote an article entitled "The Position of Women in Oxford and Cambridge," in which she made arguments for better funding for women's education. She became a determined but astute activist for the admission of women to full university membership, a story she tells with dry humor in her book Degrees by Degrees (1938). She is considered one of the founders of St. Anne's College at the University of Oxford . In her memory, a garden was laid north of the Church of St Mary the Virgin University Church and a stone bench bears an inscription in her memory.
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| SURNAME | Rogers, Annie |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Rogers, Annie Mary Anne Henley |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British promoter of women's education |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 15, 1856 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Oxford , England |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 28, 1937 |
| Place of death | Oxford , England |