{"id":61855,"date":"2022-02-11T14:24:18","date_gmt":"2022-02-11T14:24:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=61855"},"modified":"2022-02-11T14:24:19","modified_gmt":"2022-02-11T14:24:19","slug":"landmark-in-history-of-women-in-science-at-risk-of-demolition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2022\/02\/11\/landmark-in-history-of-women-in-science-at-risk-of-demolition\/","title":{"rendered":"Landmark in history of women in science at risk of demolition"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

19th<\/sup> Century girls’ school was first in Wales with laboratory classrooms<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

CAMPAIGNERS are marking the International Day of Women and Girls in Science by highlighting the significance of an under-threat building in Cowbridge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The town\u2019s former Intermediate School for Girls is at risk of demolition despite a three-year national campaign to make it a protected site. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2018, plans were submitted by Hafod Housing Association to demolish the school building to make way for social housing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today, for International Day of Women and Girls in Science,<\/a> members of the campaign explain the significant role the 19th<\/sup> Century building had in the education of girls.    <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The school was originally built in 1896 and was the first purpose-built girls\u2019 school in Wales, following the pioneering Welsh Education Act of 1889 which required all children to attend school until the age of 10.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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