“A Group of Merry Oxford Girl Students”

This clipping from The Sphere in 1922 shows a group of jubilant Somerville students clutching what appear to be degree certificates outside the Sheldonian.  It was only in 1920 that women were admitted as members of Oxford University and therefore able to receive degrees, so these students were some of the first women to graduate from the University.  Unfortunately we have not been able to identify any individuals – unless anyone can help?  The Sphere was an illustrated weekly newspaper that ran from 1900-1964 and in 1922 ran a feature on Somerville College from which this photo is taken. 

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