Undergraduate Bodies: Women and Academic Citizenship in English Canada, 1875–1914.

In the nineteenth century, the cap and gown, like soldiers' uniforms or the robes of lawyers, was perceived to be unfitting on a woman's body. The right to wear the cap and gown was granted to young men when they matriculated as undergraduates, signifying that they were members of their university a...

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Published in:	Canadian Historical Review Vol. 105; no. 3; pp. 367 - 396
Main Author:	MacDonald, Sara Z.
Format:	Article
Published:	University of Toronto Press Sep2024
Subjects:	Women college students Canadian history, 1867- Undergraduates Educational equalization Visual culture Academic costume Photography of women
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