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Lilias Maitland (1862–1932) was one of the first women graduates from a Scottish University at the
The University of Edinburgh
{{DEFAULTSORT:Maitland, Lilias History of education British women's rights activists Alumni of the University of Edinburgh 1862 births 1932 deaths
Lilias Maitland (1862–1932) was one of the first women graduates from a Scottish University at the University of Edinburgh
The University of Edinburgh ( sco, University o Edinburgh, gd, Oilthigh Dhùn Èideann; abbreviated as ''Edin.'' in post-nominals) is a public research university based in Edinburgh, Scotland. Granted a royal charter by King James VI in 15 ...
who graduated in 1893.
Home life
Although Lilias Maitland was born in the parish ofSt Andrews
St Andrews ( la, S. Andrea(s); sco, Saunt Aundraes; gd, Cill Rìmhinn) is a town on the east coast of Fife in Scotland, southeast of Dundee and northeast of Edinburgh. St Andrews had a recorded population of 16,800 , making it Fife's fou ...
and St Leonards, by the age of 17 lived at 21 Brighton Place, Portobello, where she matriculated from and remained during her studies and for the census
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording and calculating information about the members of a given population. This term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common censuses incl ...
in 1881, 1891 and 1901. She died in 1932 in the parish of her birth.
Early beneficiary of equal education of women
Lilias Maitland was a member of theEdinburgh Association for the University Education of Women
The Edinburgh Association for the University Education of Women (EAUEW), originally known as the Edinburgh Ladies' Educational Association (ELEA), campaigned for higher education for women from 1867 until 1892 when Scottish universities started ...
(EAUEW) which sought equality of education. Her final degree was M.A. in the Faculty of Arts with a First Class in Philosophical Honours.
According to the register to the Edinburgh Association for the University Education of Women, held in the University of Edinburgh Library archive, Maitland was registered for studying at the university over a five-year period as follows:
*Literature
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in 1887,
*Latin
Latin (, or , ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally a dialect spoken in the lower Tiber area (then known as Latium) around present-day Rome, but through the power of the ...
1886,
* Greek 1888,
*Logic
Logic is the study of correct reasoning. It includes both formal and informal logic. Formal logic is the science of deductively valid inferences or of logical truths. It is a formal science investigating how conclusions follow from premises ...
1887,
*Moral Philosophy
Ethics or moral philosophy is a branch of philosophy that "involves systematizing, defending, and recommending concepts of right and wrong behavior".''Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy'' The field of ethics, along with aesthetics, concerns ma ...
1888,
*Mathematics
Mathematics is an area of knowledge that includes the topics of numbers, formulas and related structures, shapes and the spaces in which they are contained, and quantities and their changes. These topics are represented in modern mathematics ...
1889,
*Natural Philosophy
Natural philosophy or philosophy of nature (from Latin ''philosophia naturalis'') is the philosophical study of physics
Physics is the natural science that studies matter, its fundamental constituents, its motion and behavior throu ...
1889
Teaching and certifying women's higher education was an innovation supported by a few professors, who were said to wear academic dress
Academic dress is a traditional form of clothing for academic settings, mainly tertiary (and sometimes secondary) education, worn mainly by those who have obtained a university degree (or similar), or hold a status that entitles them to assum ...
whilst lecturing women. According to the records of EAUEW, Maitland completed the diploma 1889; Ordinary degree 1887; and Master of Arts First Class 1891 (although she did not graduate until the first women were permitted to do so in 1893).
Lilias Maitland was associated with Chrystal MacMillan and others in her classes who were active in the suffragette
A suffragette was a member of an activist women's organisation in the early 20th century who, under the banner "Votes for Women", fought for the right to vote in public elections in the United Kingdom. The term refers in particular to members ...
movement (although her own role regarding suffrage is not known ), listed on the University of Edinburgh #Vote100 timeline.
See also
* Women's educationReferences
Further reading
*External links
The University of Edinburgh
{{DEFAULTSORT:Maitland, Lilias History of education British women's rights activists Alumni of the University of Edinburgh 1862 births 1932 deaths