Grace Annie Lockhart
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Born | Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada | 22 February 1855
Died | 18 May 1916 Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada | (aged 61)
Nationality | Canadian |
Alma mater | Mount Allison University |
Known for | Being the first woman in the British Empire to receive a Bachelor's degree |
Grace Annie Lockhart (22 February 1855 – 18 May 1916) was the first woman in the British Empire to receive a Bachelor's degree. She formally enrolled in Mount Allison University in Sackville, New Brunswick, Canada in 1874 and graduated with a degree of Bachelor of Science and English Literature on 25 May 1875. Although her later life was spent in a more conventional role, as the wife of the Methodist minister J.L. Dawson, Lockhart's academic achievement as a student provided clear evidence of the justice of women's claim to full rights in the field of higher education.[1][2]
References
[edit]- ^ Grace Annie Lockhart – The Canadian Encyclopedia
- ^ "Grace Annie Lockhart – a Mount Allison and Canadian heroine | Mount Allison". mta.ca. Retrieved 22 February 2023.