 Mary Paley Marshall

Mary Marshall (née Paley; 24 October 1850 – 19 March 1944), was an economist and one of the first women to take the Tripos examination in 1874, achieving top marks, but was unable to receive a degree on account of her gender.She was one of a group of five women who were the first to be admitted to study at Newnham College as part of Cambridge University.