Tag: Historical injustices against women

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Apology Urged from Cambridge University for Unjust Jailing of Thousands of Women

In 1561, a little-known charter granted the University of Cambridge the power to arrest and imprison any woman "suspected of evil." For nearly 350 years, the university utilized this law to incarcerate young working-class...