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THE WOMEN AROUND JOHN WESLEY AT HOME ... - Kristoffersen

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550 members from October 1972. There was a lot of talkabout this when I was at Cambridge University. I was amember of Fitzwilliam College with 540 members and nowomen at that time, as well as to Wesley House which hadboth men and women students.<strong>THE</strong>N AND NOWI would like to refer to a couple of happenings atCambridge from the time I studied at the TheologicalColleges at the University with M.A. Degree privilegeduring 1972-73. It was illegal to walk on the grass at theUniversity unless you had a M.A.-degree. In one of theCollege gardens some women students had put up a tent inthe middle of the garden in protest against the fact that theCollege had not opened its gates for women. The wardensremoved the tent quickly and ordered the women to leavethe garden.At every College there was a gathering everymonth for professors, dons and students called “HighTable”.It was at such a dinner at Trinity College, thatsome women students stormed into the dining Hall todemonstrate. There were some commotion, and the guestsat the table turned round and asked what was going on.“Nothing”, was the answer and the dinner party continuedin the regular manner.10

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