Newnham College, Cambridge passionately that equality could only be expressed by women doing the same courses as the men, on the same time-table. This meant that Girton attracted a much smaller population in its early years. But the Newnham Council held its ground, reinforced by the commitment of many of its members to educational reform generally and a wish to change some of the courses Cambridge was offering to its men. In 1948 Newnham, like Girton, attained the full status of a college of the university. The university as an institution at first took no notice of these women and arrangements to sit
Mississippi University for Women Mississippi University for Women Mississippi University for Women, also known as MUW or "The W", is a four-year coeducational public university located in Columbus, Mississippi, United States. It was formerly known as the Industrial Institute and College for the Education of White Girls (II&C) and later Mississippi State College for Women (MSCW). Men have been admitted to MUW since 1982 and currently make up 19% of the student body today. Upon its establishment in 1884, Mississippi University for Women became the first public women's college in the United States. Then formally titled the Industrial Institute and College for the Education