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Girton College was established on October 16, 1869 by Emily Davies and Barbara Bodichon , as the first residential College for women in England. It was called the College for Women, and was located at Benslow House, Hitchin, a town in Hertfordshire, England. In 1872 the present site was rented from Trinity college and located about two and a half miles northwest of the centre of Cambridge, next to the village of Girton ; the College was then renamed Girton College, and opened at the new location in October of 1873. The original college buildings were deliberately designed such that should the venture of education for women flounder, the infrastructure could be rapidly transformed into a mental institute, or "madhouse". Over the years, many additions have considerably expanded the size of the college, most currently the hotly debated library extension. Girton also proudly houses an Egyptian mummy named "Hermione".

On April 27, 1948, women were admitted to full membership of the University of Cambridge, and Girton College received the status of a College of the University.

The college became mixed in 1977 with the arrival of the first male Fellows; male undergraduates have been admitted since 1979.

Girton's unofficial undergraduate caucus song goes to the tune of Rod Stewart's "We Are Sailing" and the lyrics are as follows:

Notable Alumni

Hertha Marks Ayrton, electrical engineer
Isabel Cooper-Oakley, Theosophical writer
Jessie Isabel Hetherington, New Zealand educator
Arianna Huffington, political author and activist
Rosamond Lehmann, romance novelist
Sheila Scott Macintyre, mathematician
Ada Isabel Maddison, mathematician
Margrethe II of DenmarkHer Majesty Queen Margrethe II (Margrethe Alexandrine THorhildur Ingrid), styled HM The Queen (born April 16, 1940), is the Queen regnant and head of state of Denmark. Denmark She was born at Amalienborg Palace, Copenhagen, to Frederick IX and Princess In, Queen Regnant of Denmark
Dorothy Marshall, historian and educator
Annie Maunder, astronomer
Constance Maynard, British feminist and educator
Sarojini NaiduSarojini Naidu ( February 13, 1879- March 2, 1949) was known as Bharta Kokila (The Nightingale of India) and was a freedom fighter and poet. Naidu was the first Indian woman to become the President of the Indian National Congress and the first woman to be, Indian poet
Sheila Pim, mystery writer
Emily James Smith Putnam, American educator and historian
Gisela RichterGisela Marie Augusta Richter ( August 14, 1882 December 24, 1972), was a classical archaeologist and art historian. Gisela Richter was born in London, England; the daughter of Jean Paul and Louise (Schwaab) Richter. Both of her parents and her sister, Irm, Classical archaeologist and art historian
Joan Robinson, British economist
Clara Ruth Rouse, missionary and ecumenical leader
Ethel Sargant, botanist
Charlotte Angas Scott, mathematician
Margaret Storey, children's book author
Sandi ToksvigSandi Toksvig (born May 3, 1959 in Copenhagen) is a comedian and radio presenter famous in the United Kingdom. Her father was a foreign reporter for a Danish television channel, and she spent most of her youth abroad. She studied law and anthropology at G, comedian
Renee Winegarten, literary critic
Barbara Adam Wootton, social scientist and economist
Dorothy Wrinch, mathematical biologist
Grace Chisholm YoungGrace Chisholm Young ( March 15, 1868 March 29, 1944) was a mathematician educated at Girton College, England. Her early writings were published under the name of her husband, William Young. For her work on calculus ( 1914- 16), she was awarded the Gamble, mathematician
Derek WalcottDerek Alton Walcott (born January 23, 1930) is a poet, writer and artist who was in the vanguard of the post-colonial school of English language writing. He was born in Castries, St. His work, which developed independently of the schools of magic realism, Poet, writer and artist

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