Alison Hoddinot was one of the first Australian women to study at Oxford University, but one of her lecturers, J.R.R Tolkein, refused to take on a woman PhD student.
Alison was born in Tasmania in 1931.
As a young woman she won a scholarship to study at Oxford University.
But when she arrived, none of the male professors including J.R.R Tolkien, would ta ... Show More
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