Association commenced by Dr.
Elizabeth Blackwell.... Law of Ireland amended slightly with
regard to married women's property.... National Union for
improving the education of women established by Mrs. Grey,
November.

1872. New Hospital for Women, opened February, in Marylebone
(women doctors).... Girls' Public Day School Company formed.
First school opened January 1, at Chelsea; there are now
fifteen.... Girton College, Cambridge, incorporated. Hitchin
College subsequently removed to it.... New Bastardy act, passed
August 10, affording a greater measure of relief to unmarried
mothers.

1873. Mrs. Nassau Senior, appointed assistant inspector of
workhouses, January; the first government appointment of a lady;
made permanent, February, 1874.... First school-board election in
Scotland, February (twenty ladies elected).... Second English
school-board.... Custody of Infants act passed, which enables a
man, having a deed of separation from his wife, to give up the
custody of the children to her if he chooses.

1874. Women's Peace and Arbitration Auxiliary of the London Peace
Society formed, April.... Women's Protection and Provident League
formed, July 8 (benefit societies and trades unions for working
women).... Protection Orders given to wives in Scotland, July
19.... College for Working Women, Fitzroy street, London, opened
October.... London School of Medicine for Women, opened October
12.

1875. A lady first elected as poor-law guardian (Miss Merington,
in Kensington), April.... Albemarle Club opened for ladies and
gentlemen, May 29.... Newnham College, Cambridge, opened....
Employment of Women Office, opened in Brighton.... Female
clerkships in Post-Office Savings Bank.... Pharmaceutical Society
of Ireland admitted women to examinations.... Madras Medical
School opened to women.... First woman lawyer's office opened in
London (Miss Orme).... Metropolitan and National Nursing
Association formed.... Women delegates from women's unions first
admitted to Trades' Congress in Glasgow, October.

1876. Admission of women to Manchester New College, February
9.... First qualified woman pharmacist established in London
(Miss Isabella Clarke).... Plan-tracing office for women opened
(Miss Crosbie).... Employment of Women Office, ope