Offensive:Racy: Possible Labels:person | poster | tie | tribute album OCR: 1870 The Education Act permits women to sit on Schools Boards and provides elementary education for both boys and girls However girls receive different lessons, mainly needlework and bible classes, and hate r 1870 Elizabeth Garrett becomes Britain's second female doctor just bei fore all avenues to qualify to practise are closed to women 1875 Emma Patterson becomes the first woman to attend the Trades Union Congress 1878 London University grants to some women students Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Garreti qualif grant degrees 1870s