Armstrong College

The suffrage movement was an active issue at Armstrong College. In 1906, a very heated debate among the women students resulted in a vote of 29 in favour of women s suffrage and 55 against.12 As the author of the report noted Some of the suffragettes did not look very happy when the result was announced, however, several converts to the cause were made. 12... 

A Female Girl. (1906). Debating society. The Northerner The Magazine of Armstrong College 7(2) 42-43. 

At university, women students were uncertain of what was expected of them. At Armstrong College, Newcastle, the women students heard of the need for women munitions workers ... 

We mentioned that Grace Leitch of Armstrong College (see Chap. 5) and Helen Gilchrist of the University of St. Andrews... 

Technical colleges also employed women chemists as Lecturers. Peggy Lunam32 attended Armstrong College, where she was Student Treasurer of the Bedson (Chemistry) Club from 1929 to 1930. She earned a B.Sc. (Durham) in 1930 and an M.Sc. (Durham) in 1932. In 1935, she was a part-time Lecturer and Researcher in the Department of Chemistry at Constantine College, Middlesbrough. 

University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, student records Armstrong College Old Student Association, Year Book, 1933, 1935 King s Old Student Association, Year Book, 1938 Register, Royal Institute of Chemistry, 1948 Anon. (1983). Personal news Deaths. Chemistry in Britain 19 990. 

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