Girton College, Cambridge Girton was not officially a college yet, nor were its members part of the University. Girton and Newnham were classed as "recognised institutions for the higher education for women", not colleges of the university. On 27 April 1948, women were admitted to full membership of the University of Cambridge, and Girton College received the status of a college of the university. Social and cultural changes in the post-war period led to an increasing number of British universities to become co-educational. In Cambridge, Churchill College, King's College and Clare College were the first men's colleges to admit women in 1972. Girton
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