At that time, under Cambridge University regulations that were not fully repealed until 1948, women were ineligible to receive degrees, although they could sit the degree examinations, in Joseph's case the Classical Tripos.
Daquela, debido ós regulamentos da Universidade de Cambridge que non foron derogados por completo ata 1948, as mulleres non podían obter títulos académicos, aínda que si podían realizar os exames para diploma, no caso de Joseph, os de Classical Tripos.