Newnham College, Cambridge Newnham College, Cambridge Newnham College is a women's constituent college of the University of Cambridge. The college was founded in 1871 by a group organising Lectures for Ladies, members of which included philosopher Henry Sidgwick and suffragist campaigner Millicent Garrett Fawcett. It was the second women's college to be founded at Cambridge, following Girton College. The history of Newnham begins with the formation of the Association for Promoting the Higher Education of Women in Cambridge in 1869. The progress of women at Cambridge University owes much to the pioneering work undertaken by the philosopher Henry Sidgwick, fellow of Trinity. Lectures
Maharani's Science College for Women, Mysore Maharani's Science College for Women, Mysore Maharani’s Science College for Women in Mysore was established in 1917 by the Queen Regent of Mysore, Kempa Nanjammani Vani Vilasa Sannidhana the mother of Krishna Raja Wadiyar IV. Since its inception the college has held an important place in promoting women’s education. Originally the college offered both Arts and Science education at undergraduate level but in 1979 what was formerly just the Maharani’s College for Women was bifurcated into the Maharani’s Science College for Women and the Maharani’s Arts College for Women to accommodate the growing number of students. Maharani’s Science College for