Queen Margaret College, Glasgow (higher education institution: 1883-1935: Glasgow, Scotland)

Queen Margaret College, Glasgow , Scotland, was established in 1883 through the incorporation of the Glasgow Association for the Higher Education of Women . The Association was formed in 1877 as a formal outcome of the 'lectures for ladies' first organised by Mrs Campbell of Tullichewan in 1868 . The lectures were delivered by professors of the University of Glasgow , initially in Natural History, Moral Philosophy and English Literature within the University and the Glasgow Corporation Galleries. These lectures continued until 1877 when, in April of that year, the Glasgow Association for the Higher Education of Women was founded with a view to offer to women opportunities of study and general culture, as well as to prepare girls for teaching and other professions. John Caird, Principal of Glasgow University, was its first chairman, the Princess Louise, Marchioness of Lorne, president and Mrs Campbell of Tullichewan and Mrs Jane Scott, wife of Glasgow merchant James Scott, as vice-presidents.

The Association organised a University Higher Local Certificate for Women aimed at establishing standards for women which would prove acceptable to Glasgow University. It offered teaching as near as possible to that given to men in the Arts Faculty of the University, with lectures given in University classrooms although the Association also rented an office, classroom and reading-room in St Andrew's Hall at Charring Cross, Glasgow.

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