title: Women's Boat Race 1941
text: # Women's Boat Race 1941
  
  The 8th Women's Boat Race took place on 8 March 1941. The contest was between crews from the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge and held on the River Thames.
  
  ## Background
  
  The first Women's Boat Race was conducted on The Isis in 1927. No race took place the previous year.
  
  ## Race
  
  The contest was won by Oxford by six seconds. The victory took the overall record in the competition to 7–2 in their favour.
  
  