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== Society of Antiquaries of London Certificates of Candidates for Election == | == Society of Antiquaries of London Certificates of Candidates for Election == | ||
'Certificates of Candidates for Election', conventionally known as the 'Blue Papers', are used to nominate individuals for election as Fellows of the [https://beyond-notability. | 'Certificates of Candidates for Election', conventionally known as the 'Blue Papers', are used to nominate individuals for election as Fellows of the [https://beyond-notability.wikibase.cloud/wiki/Item:Q8 Society of Antiquaries of London], often known as 'FSAs'. | ||
=== Details in a Blue Paper === | === Details in a Blue Paper === | ||
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The Certificates of Candidates for Election are conventionally known as "blue papers" after the colour of the paper they were originally printed on. They have been bound into volumes in chronological order. The volumes are held in the archives of the Society of Antiquaries of London. | The Certificates of Candidates for Election are conventionally known as "blue papers" after the colour of the paper they were originally printed on. They have been bound into volumes in chronological order. The volumes are held in the archives of the Society of Antiquaries of London. | ||
=== The first women | === The first women FSAs === | ||
The first women elected as Fellows of the Society of Antiquaries of London - Eugenie Sellers Strong, Rose Graham, Gertrude Bell and Nina Layard - did not go through the process as outlined above. Instead, they were proposed by members of the Society of Antiquaries' Council. | The first women elected as Fellows of the Society of Antiquaries of London - [https://beyond-notability.wikibase.cloud/wiki/Item:Q23 Eugenie Sellers Strong], [https://beyond-notability.wikibase.cloud/wiki/Item:Q57 Rose Graham], [https://beyond-notability.wikibase.cloud/wiki/Item:Q130 Gertrude Bell] and [https://beyond-notability.wikibase.cloud/wiki/Item:Q60 Nina Layard] - did not go through the process as outlined above. Instead, they were proposed by members of the Society of Antiquaries' Council. | ||