Why did Thomas Henry Huxley support women’s admission to universities?

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Thomas Henry Huxley supported the admission of women to universities because of their impressive performance in his science courses. While teaching science to schoolmasters and mistresses at South Kensington—a role he undertook to help meet the demand for teachers following the Education Act of 1870—he observed that the female students performed so well that he was inspired to advocate for their inclusion in higher education.1