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Fuller Hall

Named after Maria Emmeline Fuller (1867-1957) who, in 1907, established the second hostel for women students at SAC (the first was opened in 1905). Fuller was member of the SAC/UCT Council. She was described as a "doughty fighter for the rights of women, who succeeded in persuading the council to pay its women lecturers at the same rate as men", making UCT the only university in the country with such a scheme at the time. She was one of the class of the first women students at UCT in 1886/7 in which she studied chemistry and was awarded a matric and teacher’s certificate. Fuller was a member of the provisional committee overseeing the construction of the Groote Schuur campus and she was also one of only two women on the newly appointed University Council. She was awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws in 1950 in recognition of her pioneering work in the cause for women at UCT and the women's residence was named in her honour. Fuller Hall was opened in 1928 but was only named as such in 1950. Origins of Names of Buildings at the University of Cape Town, Mr M. Musemwa (Department of
History UCT, 1993). Monday Paper. Vol. 29. 20. 8 December 2010.http://www.uct.ac.za/about/intro/history/timeline/uct_struggle/.

2 Residence Road,Upper Campus, Rondebosch

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