Lady Literate in Arts
A Lady Literate in Arts (LLA) qualification was offered by the University of St Andrews in Scotland for more than a decade before women were allowed to graduate in the same way as men, and it became popular as a kind of external degree for women who had studied through correspondence, or by attendance at non-university classes. Although awarded as a diploma, in terms of academic standard, it was equivalent to the Master of Arts.[1]
Until 1892 women were not admitted to
Formally established as the Lady Literate in Arts - LLA - by 1877,
Notable literate ladies
The educationalist and headteacher Isabel Cleghorn,[3] Helen Bannerman, the children's writer,[4] Sarah Bannister, educationist and local politician[4] and suffragette Margaret Nevinson[4] all had LLAs, as did the wartime nursing heroine Violetta Thurstan.
References
- JSTOR 2216495.
- ^ "University of St Andrews LLA". University of St Andrews. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
To walk upon the grass : the impact of the University of St Andrews' Lady Literate in Arts, 1877-1892
- doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/55564. Retrieved 2 November 2022. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
- ^ a b c Smith, Elizabeth (2014). "TO WALK UPON THE GRASS: THE IMPACT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS' LADY LITERATE IN ARTS, 1877-1892". PhD Thesis – via University of St Andrews.
- Susan Sellers, Mischievous to the Public Interest: The Lady Literate in Arts Diploma and the Admission of Women to the University of St Andrews in Launch-Site for English Studies (1997) ed. Robert Crawford
- R.N. Smart, Literate Ladies: a Fifty-Year Experiment in St Andrews University Alumnus Chronicle (1967)