The Rugby Racket

In 1976 the first Sixth Form Girls joined the School. The first House was Crescent In 1992 Rugby School became fully Co-educational when the first 13 year old girls arrived at the School. In 1995 the…

Today we continue with sharing and with another of Gertrude Hayes' artworks. This is the inside of Rugby School Chapel

Miss Alice Dukes was the first female teacher to be included in the Annotated Registers. A Teacher of Music at the School from 1916 to 1946. #InternationalWomensDay Throughout we will continue to sha…

From 1914-1918 Gertrude Hayes was Art Mistress at Rugby School #InternationalWomensDay2022

I'm not sure if Gertrude Hayes is the first female Art Mistress but certainly the first we have a record of. Gertrude Hayes taught during 1914-1918 and we hold some of her etchings in our collection.…

#WomensHistoryMonth As part of the work on our collections we have been looking at books written and illustrated by ORs and Masters. This one was created by Annie Barnard, we think she was the daught…

While we hold a number of Dr Thomas Arnold's records in the collection we also hold some for Mary Arnold including her handwritten account of her Husband's death in 1842. #WomensHistoryMonth