CarveHerName<p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/OnThisDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OnThisDay</span></a>, 15 Mar 1927, the inaugural women's boat race between Oxford and Cambridge takes place on the Isis.</p><p>In 2015, the women’s race was finally held on the same day, and over the same course, as the men’s race.</p><p>Watch silent newsreel of the 1927 race here: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5J6kqhJGOWI" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=5J6kqhJGOW</span><span class="invisible">I</span></a></p><p>More: <a href="http://the-history-girls.blogspot.com/2015/03/women-making-waves-newton-womens-oxford.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="ellipsis">the-history-girls.blogspot.com</span><span class="invisible">/2015/03/women-making-waves-newton-womens-oxford.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WomenInHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WomenInHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WomensHistoryMonth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WomensHistoryMonth</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>History</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/BoatRace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BoatRace</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ThisGirlCan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThisGirlCan</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/BritishHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BritishHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Histodons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Histodons</span></a></p>