Timeline for Why was it a problem for an unmarried man to be a tutor to women in the early 20th century?
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| Apr 12, 2023 at 16:16 | comment | added | alexg | @cag51 My grandmother, who was at Cambridge a couple of decades later, reports that my grandfather had a great deal of practice in saying that he was her brother. Some gentlemen were several students' brother in the same week. The rules may not make objective sense partly because they're the synthesis of ideas from people with quite different views about the whole deal. | |
| Apr 12, 2023 at 13:44 | comment | added | cag51♦ | Great answer! Curious that women were allowed to meet Tolkien even without any guarantee that his wife would be present, but a visit from dad is suspicious enough to require moving your mattress to the hallway. | |
| Apr 11, 2023 at 13:45 | history | answered | alexg | CC BY-SA 4.0 |