| Girton College | |
|---|---|
| University of Cambridge | |
 Girton College during the 1890s | |
 Arms of Girton College | |
| Scarf colours: green, with two equally-spaced narrow stripes of red edged with white | |
| Location | Huntingdon Road (map) |
| Coordinates | 52°13′43″N 0°05′02″E / 52.2286°N 0.0839°E |
| Abbreviation | G[1] |
| Motto in English | Better is wisdom than weapons of war |
| Founders | |
| Established | 16 October 1869 |
| Named after | Girton village |
| Previous names | College for Women (until 1871) |
| Sister college | Somerville College, Oxford |
| Mistress | Elisabeth Kendall |
| Undergraduates | 534 (2022–23) |
| Postgraduates | 410 (2022–23) |
| Endowment | £49.2m (2018)[2] |
| Visitor | Brenda Hale, Baroness Hale of Richmond[3] |
| Website | www |
| JCR | www |
| MCR | www-mcr |
| Boat club | www-gcbc |
| Map | |
  Location in Cambridgeshire | |
Girton College is one of the 31 constituent colleges of the University of Cambridge.[4] The college was established in 1869 by Emily Davies and Barbara Bodichon 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.
The main college site, situated on the outskirts of the village of Girton, about 2+1⁄2 miles (4 kilometres) northwest of the university town, comprises 33 acres (13 hectares) of land. In a typical Victorian red-brick design, most was built by architect Alfred Waterhouse between 1872 and 1887.
Among Girton's notable alumni are Queen Margrethe II, former UK Supreme Court President Lady Hale, HuffPost co-founder Arianna Huffington, the comedian/author Sandi Toksvig, the comedian/broadcaster/GP Phil Hammond, the economist Joan Robinson, and the anthropologist Marilyn Strathern, who also held the position of Mistress from 1998 to 2009.
Its sister college is Somerville College, one of the two Oxford colleges to first admit women.
- ^ University of Cambridge (6 March 2019). "Notice by the Editor". Cambridge University Reporter. 149 (Special No 5): 1. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
- ^ "Annual report and Financial Statements Year ended 30 June 2018" (PDF). Girton College, Cambridge. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 January 2019. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
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