ABSTRACT The campaign for women’s access to higher education in Ireland in the late-nineteenth century was understated, characterised by committees, middle class concerns and wrangling over legislation. The earliest female university graduates in Ireland were demure, hardworking and performatively feminine. This paper examines how the campaign for women’s higher education in Ireland, and the first female third level students in Ireland, responded to contemporary ideology regarding gender roles. It suggests that the first female university students in Ireland were engaged in a delicate balancing act, seeking access to previously forbidden male-dominated spaces, yet simultaneously attempting to preserve their femininity and respect decorum. This paper will also analyse the gender geography of third level institutions, and the way in which the separate spheres ideology was mapped onto universities.

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无聊的蓝袜子和轻浮的调情：性别动态和科克女王学院第一批女学生的经历，1879-1910

摘要 19 世纪后期爱尔兰妇女接受高等教育的运动被低估了，其特点是委员会、中产阶级的关注和立法的争论。爱尔兰最早的女大学毕业生端庄、勤奋且表现出女性气质。本文考察了爱尔兰的女性高等教育运动以及爱尔兰的第一批女性三年级学生如何回应有关性别角色的当代意识形态。它表明爱尔兰的第一批女大学生进行了微妙的平衡，寻求进入以前被禁止的男性主导的空间，同时试图保持她们的女性气质和尊重礼仪。本文还将分析三级机构的性别地理，