Archaeologists

[Jenz127]

In the early 1900's (1905-1910), were women able to gain doctorates in archeology, egyptology or anthropology in England or the US?

[Buenchico]

It was probably possible but extremely unlikely.

The first university in the UK to admit women to degrees was the University of London in 1878. However other universities were slow to follow. Oxford did not admit women to degrees until 1920. Cambridge waited until 1948. Even when women were admitted to taught degrees, very few of them will have been expected (or had the necessary financial resources) to progress to research degrees.

Chris

[Lil O'lady]

http://archaeology.about.com/od/women/Women_in _Archaeology.htm

Rather than focusing on the subject, focus on the awarding bodies: women were only just gaining admission to academia at this time.

There were certainly pioneering women archaeologists such as Jacquetta Hawkes in the UK but she was not as old as your dates.