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
Avvaiyar Govt College for Women Avvaiyar Govt College for Women Avvaiyar Govt College for Women is one of the government colleges in Karaikal reserved only for women, by the government of Puducherry. It was started in the year 1972 under affiliation of Madras University. Now affiliated with Pondicherry University. At first the college was started only for Arts & Science Department. Later departments of History, English Literature, Botany, Mathematics, Chemistry, Physics and Home Science were started according to the wishes of the women students. In 1972 while the college was started there was only a single department, the Arts & Science Dept. The government of