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Girton College is one of the 31 constituent colleges of the University of Cambridge. The college was established on 16 October 1869 by Emily Davies, Barbara Bodichon and Lady Stanley of Alderley as the first women's college in Cambridge. In 1948, it was granted full college status by the university, marking the official admittance of women to the university. In 1976, it was the first Cambridge women's college to become coeducational.
This picture is a photochrom print, produced by the Detroit Publishing Company, showing Girton College in the 1890s. The print is now in the collection of the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C.Print credit: Detroit Publishing Company; restored by Adam Cuerden