On this day

in 1981, Oxford University announced that Sue Brown would become the first woman cox in the history of the University Boat Race.

This question came up at a quiz night I was at on Saturday and I learned another little factoid about women at Oxbridge from someone who was involved. Apparently the first woman to represent either University in a men's sport was a golfer and she played for Oxford a couple of months before Sue Brown's historic outing. She played off the full course, white tees, and under men's' playing regulation.


PS I suppose from now on this day will be acknowledged in these types of posts as the day Labour shed the New bit and showed its true socialist colours by nationalising a bank and setting in place legislation that allows it to nationalise more banks.