Emily Davies
(1830-1921)

Died aged c. 91

Sarah Emily Davies (22 April 1830 – 13 July 1921) was an English feminist and suffragist, and a pioneering campaigner for women's rights to university access. She is remembered above all as a co-founder and an early Mistress of Girton College, Cambridge, the first university college in England to educate women.

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Commemorated on 3 plaques

Emily Davies 1830-1921 founder of Girton College, Cambridge lived here

17 Cunningham Place, London, United Kingdom where they lived

Emily Davies 1830-1921 Campaigner for Women’s Education was born here

6 Carlton Crescent, Southampton, United Kingdom where they was born (1830)

Emily Davies (1830-1921) A pioneer both of women's education and the campaign for votes for women. Founder of Girton College, Cambridge. She was a daughter of the Rector of Gateshead and lived her early life in the Rectory which stood on this site.

Bensham Road near the junction with Rectory Road, Gateshead, United Kingdom where they lived