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xvii Acknowledgments T his book would not have been possible without the generous assistance of many people. I am particularly indebted to Pauline Adams, librarian and archivist at Somerville, for reading a draft of the first ten chapters and providing both constructive comments and encouragement and for always answering the numerous queries I have put to her through e‑mail. Special thanks to Dr. David Smith, librarian at St. Anne’s, for a mountain of photocopying he undertook on my behalf and for his prompt responses to my many emails over a number of years. Thanks also to Roberta Staples, librarian at Lady Margaret Hall, for her particular encouragement after reading a draft of the manuscript. In addition to these three, I thank these librarians and archivists at Oxford who facilitated my research in the archives of their colleges: Susan Purver, assistant librarian, Somerville College; Maria Croghan, librarian, St. Hilda’s College; Elizabeth Boardman, archivist, St. Hilda’s College; and Deborah Quare, librarian and archivist, St. Hugh’s College. Oliver Mahoney, archivist at Lady Margaret Hall, was very helpful in sorting through photographs for possible use in this book. I am grateful to Clare Woodcock, information officer at the University of Oxford, who patiently supplied facts and figures by e-mail whenever I requested them; to Victoria Rea, archivist at the Royal Free Archive Centre , who sent information on women’s entry into the medical profession in Britain; to Naomi van Loo, librarian at New College, for providing a history of women at New College; to Michael Currier, library privileges at Harvard’s Widener Library, for making my research there so easy and pleasant; to Peggy Keeran and Adam Rosenkranz for enabling me to use collections at Denver University and Honnold/Mudd Library in Claremont , California, respectively. I also thank Kathy Graves and Channette Kirby, librarians at the University of Kansas, who helped steer me through the stacks and through various ways to conduct research by computer. For permissions, I thank the following: The Principal and Fellows of Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, for permis- xviii Her Oxford sion to quote from archival material; The Brown Book; and Oxford Originals , edited by Stacy Marking. The Principal and Fellows of Somerville College, Oxford, for permission to quote from archival material; Somerville College, Oxford 1879–1979: A Century in Pictures, compiled by Anne de Villiers, Hazel Fox, and Pauline Adams; the Somerville College Report; and Janet Maria Vaughan: A Memorial Tribute, edited by Pauline Adams. The Principal and Fellows of St. Anne’s College, Oxford, for permission to quote from archival material; St. Anne’s College: An Informal History by Marjorie Reeves; Saint Anne’s College (vols. 1, 2, and supplement),­ edited by R. F. Butler; and The Ship. The Principal and Fellows of St. Hugh’s College, Oxford, for permission to quote from archival material; Club Paper; St. Hugh’s College Chronicle; and St. Hugh’s: One Hundred Years of Women’s Education in Oxford, edited by Penny Griffin. The Principal and Fellows of St. Hilda’s College, Oxford, for permission to quote from archival material; St. Hilda’s College Chronicle; and The Centenary History of St. Hilda’s College, Oxford by Margaret E. Rayner. I am indebted to the following friends and relatives for reading parts of the manuscript and offering advice and encouragement: the late Michael Argyle, Nell Brewer, Donna Butler, Nancy Carter, Susan Honikman, Luis Oceja, Elizabeth Thompson, and Barbara Watkins. Thank you to Wendy Scott, a faithful e-mail correspondent, who has answered numerous questions about British terminology and culture. I particularly thank Dr. Barbara Watkins, who acted not only as a friend but also as an unpaid assistant on a two-week research trip to Oxford . She cheerfully spent hours every day in various archives on a project that was not her own, and she has inspired me with her own commitment to historical research. I can’t leave out Sharon Clark, who has always been my strongest cheerleader. Thank you to Michael Ames, director of Vanderbilt University Press, for his interest in the book and for his much-needed assistance in bringing it to the publication stage. Last, and certainly not least, I owe an enormous debt of gratitude to my husband, Dan, for his invaluable editing and organizational skills as he read the manuscript throughout its numerous transformations. His enthusiasm and support for this project have been infectious.  Her Oxford ...