¶With inscription on leading f.e.p., 'To Marion, from her father, - in the hope that this book may help preserve happy memories of these years (1910-13) spent at Cheltenham (Ladies' College) under Miss Faithfull. Nov. 1924.' Faithfull was headmistress at Cheltenham from 1907 to 1922. She had been one of the 'steamboat' ladies, a group of women who were barred from graduating from Oxford or Cambridge, despite studying there and meeting the academic criteria to attain a degree. They instead received ad eundem degrees from the more progressive University of Dublin. She remained a life-long campaigner for women's access to higher education.