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Matriculation Exam Passed

When: October 1882
Where: Ireland
Part of: Letitia Alice Walkington takes the first Royal University of Ireland degree awarded to a woman

Letitia Alice Walkington passed the matriculation exam for the Royal University of Ireland in October 1882, enabling her academic path.

Walkington took the matriculation exam to attend the Royal University of Ireland and passed in October 1882. This qualification allowed women who had passed the exam to take classes at Queen's College, Belfast, prior to the Irish Universities Act 1908.

Sources

Letitia Alice Walkington Wikipedia, revision of 2026-03-05

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