Elizabeth P. Hughes, The Education of Welsh Women, 1887

19 cent Women Education, Elizabeth P. Hughes

First Edition

Elizabeth P. Hughes. The Education of Welsh Women. London: W. Speaight & Sons, 1887. 8 pages. Elizabeth Philips Hughes was a pioneering Welsh educator and the first principal of the Cambridge Training College for Women (later renamed to Hughes Hall in her honor). Hughes had a dedicated, lifelong interest in women’s education in Wales, and she served as secretary of the Association for Promoting the Education of Girls in Wales; she also helped found a teachers' college in Barry (Wales) in 1914. This pamphlet documents a speech given by Hughes at Cardiff, January 1887, at the first Public Meeting of the Association for Promoting the Education of Girls in Wales. Cover chipping at edges. Comes with document on The Education of Girls in Wales, which lists six pamphlets published by the Association for Promoting the Education of Girls in Wales. Very good condition.

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