Contents

pp v-vi

List of Portraits

pp vii-vii

Acknowledgements

pp viii-viii

Sources

pp ix-ix

Abbreviations

pp x-x

Introduction

pp 1-10

I - The Political Arena

pp 11-12

1 - The Senate

pp 13-19

2 - Convocation: Membership and Participation

pp 20-26

3 - Convocation: The Annual Committee

pp 27-31

4 - Personages, Officers, and Examiners

pp 32-42

5 - The Political Community

pp 43-48

II - An Uneasy Beginning

pp 49-50

6 - Convocation’s Medical Militants

pp 51-68

7 - The Ambitions of Charles James Foster

pp 69-82

III - Degrees for Women

pp 83-84

8 - The Campaign and Defeat of Elizabeth Garrett

pp 85-97

9 - The General Examination for Women

pp 98-116

10 - The Consequences of Gurney’s Act

pp 117-127

11 - Constitutional Complications: Parliament or Charter?

pp 128-139

12 - The Final Hurdle

pp 140-144

IV - The Parliamentary Seat to 1886

pp 145-146

13 - A Trial Run

pp 147-154

14 - Choosing Robert Lowe

pp 155-168

15 - Sir John Lubbock: Liberal into Liberal Unionist

pp 169-180

V - The University and Secondary Education

pp 181-182

16 - The Schools Lobby

pp 183-188

17 - Matriculation: Greek or Chemistry?

pp 189-201

18 - Inspection of Schools

pp 202-210