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ground of sex. As a matter of fact women had
attended classes previously, without matriculating, but
not till a subsequent session did matriculants present
themselves. Another step in the same direction
was taken during the summer by the Faculty of the
Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons. Many
applications had been received from women desiring to
study medicine, and the Faculty though unable
to agree to co-education of the sexes in medicine,
decided at length to establish a Womans Medical
College, the first of the kind in Canada.

It was decided that the examinations should
be the usual Spring examinations of the University,
and that in lectures only it should be a separate
college. Many prominent Kingston citizens
aided liberally in this scheme, which with
the step taken by the Faculty of Queen's in
the previous session had a special import-
ance as being the first systematic attempt
in Canada to offer a University education
to women, and to throw open the medical
profession to them.

The Women's Medical
College was opened on April 16th 1880.

The University sustained a great

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