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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:

We are Girton,

We are Girton,

No one likes us,

We don't care,

We are Girton,

Super Girton,

No one likes us,

We don't care!

In 2004, the Sun newspaper suggested that Girton college was 'now trendy'.

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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Girton College, CambridgeGirton 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, Englan