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However, Union president Gui Cavalcanti ...told Cherwell: 'We are in no breach of contract, nor is it "departure from common practice" for our events not to be uploaded to our YouTube channel – just this academic year, we've had multiple events not uploaded, ranging from J. J. Abrams to Sir Patrick Stewart.'
Before even arriving at Oxford, Okely vowed to get women into the Union as a point of principle. And two votes later, she was successful
On 9 February 1963, after years of campaigning, the Oxford Union Society – an important training ground for aspiring politicians – admitted women to full membership, after the required two-thirds majority was secured in a poll of members. Voting was 1,039 in favour and 427 against.
The 'broad' line-up includes trans activist Jess Pumphrey, who succeeded in getting the amendment passed which allows women to wear trousers as part of sub fusc. Other trailblazing speakers include Professor Judith Okely, the first female member of the Oxford Union, the Very Reverend Dean Vivienne Faull, the first female Dean of the Church of England, and Professor Hermione Lee, now head of Wolfson College.
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