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Celebrating 50 years of Co-education

In 2024/2025 we are marking 50 years since women where admitted to Hertford. Find out how we are celebrating below.

Hertford Voices

Hertford and Co-Residence

Celebrating International Women's Day

Speaker Series: Women’s Stories

Hertford Voices: The first cohort of Hertford women

Hertford College Women portrait display

To celebrate the 40th anniversary in 2014/15, 21 portraits of Hertford women were displayed in Hall, photographed by Robert Taylor.

Those featured were chosen from a longlist nominated by students, alumni, fellows and staff. The portrait sitters come from every generation of women since 1974, including former undergraduate and graduate students, current and former fellows and honorary fellows, and represent the diverse range of occupations our alumni pursue. The exhibition attracted press coverage by the Telegraph, the Guardian, BBC Oxford, and Cherwell. You can also view all the portraits and stories, alongside the Tanner Scheme portraits from 2015-16, in this booklet.

Alison Woollard
Carol Sennett (History, 1982)
Charlotte Hogg (History and Economics, 1988)
Helen Alexander DBE (Geography, 1975)
Jacqui Smith (PPE, 1981)
Joanne Wicks QC (Law, 1985)
Julia Briggs (1943-2007)
Julie Dearden (Modern Languages, 1979)
Kay Davies, DBE
Louise Gullifer (Law, 1979)
Marian Bell (PPE, 1977)
Baroness Warnock
Natasha Kaplinsky (English, 1992)
Sarah Crompton (English, 1976)
Serine Najarian (Economics, 1998)
Shahnaz Ahsan (History and English, 2006)
Stephanie Cullen (Chemistry, 1999)
Stephanie West FBA
Sukhvinder Kaur (Geography, 1981)
Theresa Moran (History, 1983)
Xanthe Brooke (History, 1978)

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