[SWANWICK (Anna, 1813-1899, promoter of higher education for women)]

Postcard addressed to her by "your truest Hedwige", with a lithographed view of Geneva, its bridges and a steamer, behind is Mont Salève and the distant Mont Blanc, 1 side card, [Geneva], 23rd April

Anna Swanwick went to Germany in 1839 to enlarge her education, and became a famous translator of Goethe and Aeschylus. She taught evening classes for women in English Literature, and helped found Queen's College, Bedford College (of which she was principal), Somerville and Girton.

Item Date:  1895

Stock No:  50508      £25

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