Girton College, Cambridge
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Girton College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. The college was established in 1869 by Emily Davies and Barbara Bodichon as the first women's college at Cambridge. In 1948, it
Girton College during the 1890s
Main gate with porter's lodge
Watercolour by Alfred Waterhouse, architect of Girton
The Great Hall is of Victorian design featuring wood panelling and dominating arched windows
Somerville College, Oxford
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Somerville College is a constituent college of the University of Oxford in England. It was founded in 1879 as Somerville Hall, one of its first two women's colleges. It began admitting men in 1994. Th
Girton College, Cambridge
…the official admittance of women to the university. In 1976, it was the first Cambridge women's college to become coeducational. Its sister college is Somerville College, one of the two Oxford colleges to first admit women. The main college site is situated on the outskirts of Girton, about 2+1⁄2 mi (4 km) northwest of…
Somerville College Hall
The mathematician and scientist Mary Somerville, 1780–1872, after whom the college is named. Portrait of Mary Somerville by Thomas Phillips, 1834
Somerville College Library with hyacinths
House seen from the Quad