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SUMMARY:"Small\, dark and alive” to “cripplingly shy”: a review of D
 orothy Garrod’s experienceas the first woman Professor at Cambridge\, in
  the light of recent experiences of women at Cambridge    - Dr Pamela Jane
  Smith\, Fellow\, McDonald Institute for  Archaeological Research\, Cambri
 dge
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DESCRIPTION: \n\nTwenty-two years ago\, as part of my Ph.D research into t
 hegeneration and institution of prehistory at Cambridge University\, I cam
 e acrossa vast store of Dorothy Garrod‘s unpublished and un-sorted mater
 ial held in theBibliothèque du Musée des Antiquités Nationales outside 
 Paris (Smith et al. Antiquity1997\, Smith\, P.J. Antiquity 2000).  Thisdis
 covery became the basis for all subsequent research on Garrod. The analysi
 sfrom 1997 is available here.\n\nIn that early work\, I detailed the appoi
 ntment\, in May 1939\,of Garrod\, as the first woman to be elected to a Pr
 ofessorship in eitherCambridge or Oxford\; her difficulties in her pioneer
 ing role were documented.  Being female\, Garrod was not then a fullmember
  of our university. But\, as professor she became eligible to serve on the
 Council of the Senate\, and all members of the Council were by definitionm
 embers of the University. When the Electors gave their decision toVice-Cha
 ncellor Dean\, the Vice-Chancellor replied "Gentlemen\, you havepresented 
 us with a problem." This “awkward situation” waspartially resolved whe
 n QueenElizabeth was awarded an honorary degree to celebrate the right of 
 all women totake degrees from Cambridge in 1948.  Professor Garrod left Ca
 mbridge soon after.\n\nIn this paper\, I will revisit and review the origi
 nalresearch and will revise\, update and add a new series of interviews\, 
 re-evaluatingProfessor Garrod’s legacy as the first woman professor.  A 
 report on work with descendants of theMount Carmel Palestinian excavation 
 team will be included.
LOCATION:Combination Room\, Wolfson College
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