Women, the Other Academics∗

∗ This paper is a much‐expanded version of a talk given to the British Sociological Association, Education Study Group, Day School on Feminist Action and Analysis in Education, Bristol, 17th February, 1979. I should like to thank Geoff Millerson, Caroline St. John Brooks, Michael Berry, Miriam David, Philip Gammage and Sara Meadows for comments on the draft version and Maureen Harvey for help with the typing.