[WOMEN IN AUSTRALIAN UNIVERSITIES]. Congress of the Universities of the Empire. Information on the subjects to be considered on Friday, July 5th, 1912 : – Central University Bureau. Position of women. Representation of teachers and graduates on governing bodies.

London : University of London Press, 1912. Octavo, lettered wrappers (browned and slightly chipped, two stamps from the Ministry of Town and Country Planning Library), pp. 24, internally fine.

‘Women students are on exactly the same footing as men …’ – University of Melbourne report.

A handbook summarising brief reports from British Empire universities on each of the topics listed in the title, issued in advance of the Congress.

Contributors include the University of Melbourne, University of Sydney, University of Adelaide, University of New Zealand (Wellington), University of the Cape of Good Hope (Cape Town), Queen’s University (Kingston, Ontario), University of Toronto, McMaster University (Toronto), McGill University (Montreal), University of Bishop’s College (Lennoxville), University of Alberta (Strathcona), University of Saskatchewan (Saskatoon), University of Manitoba (Winnipeg), University of Bombay, Calcutta University, University of Leeds, University of Liverpool, Victoria University of Manchester, University of Sheffield, University of Glasgow, University of Cambridge, University of London, University of St. Andrews and others.

Very rare.