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Title: Clare Reynolds to Walt Whitman, 13 April [1891]
Date: April 13, [1891]
Whitman Archive ID: loc.03631
Source: The Charles E. Feinberg Collection of the Papers of Walt Whitman, 1839–1919, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. . Transcribed from digital images or a microfilm reproduction of the original item. For a description of the editorial rationale behind our treatment of the correspondence, see our statement of editorial policy.
Editorial note: The annotation, "see notes August 10 1891," is in the hand of Horace Traubel.
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Newnham College
Cambridge
April 13th
The books arrived safely the other day; we thank you so much for sending them. I enclose a post office order payable to you, Camden, New Jersey from Clare Reynolds Newnham College, Cambridge & hope it will arrive safely. The order is for £2.12s.
Clare Reynolds
Correspondent:
Clara (or Clare) Reynolds (1865–1937) was an
educator from Clackmannanshire, Scotland. In 1888, she entered Cambridge
University's Newnham College to read for the Medieval and Modern Languages
Tripos—Cambridge's qualifying exam for a bachelor's degree—which she
passed in 1891 with first class honors, the highest honors possible for takers
of the exam. Though she was denied her degree due to Cambridge's policies on
educating women, Reynolds's career in education spanned roughly thirty years and
included a lecturing appointment at New Cross Training College.