Notes and Incidents of the Quarter [241]

unknown (1899) Notes and Incidents of the Quarter [241]. The Englishwoman's Review (241). pp. 126-136.

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Abstract

1) The Women�s Local Government Society: At the Society�s annual meeting, �Mrs. Morgan Williams read a paper on Welsh schools under the Act for Intermediate Education in Wales,� and Alice Busk �on the nature of her work� at the Vestry of St. George. It is mentioned that Busk�s paper has been published. Both papers are summarised briefly, and Walter McLaren�s laudatory comments on Busk�s are reproduced. 2) Mrs. Ayrton�s Lecture on Electricity: Ayrton�s paper on �The Hissing of the Electric Arc� marks �the first occasion on which a lady had appeared before� the Institution of Civil Engineers. Mentions that �[m]any ladies were amongst the audience.�

Item Type:	Article
Categories:	1 Genre > 1.15 Journalist's Report 1 Genre > 1.20 News 2 Content > 2.4 Education 2 Content > 2.15 Politics 2 Content > 2.19 Sciences/Social Sciences 3 Context > 3.4 Indoors 3 Context > 3.6 Meeting 3 Context > 3.10 Urban/Metropolitan 3 Context > 3.11 Venue > 3.11.2 Drawing Room/Private Venue 4 Form of Participation > 4.2 Speaker 5 Textualisation of Lecture > 5.3 Mentioned with Title 5 Textualisation of Lecture > 5.4 Mentioned without Title 5 Textualisation of Lecture > 5.6 Summarised
Number of Pages:	11
URI:	http://victorianlecturing.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/1933

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