Lucy Cavendish is one of the thirty-one constituent colleges of the University of Cambridge. It is also one of the newest. In the five decades since Lucy Cavendish was founded both the College and the many women who have studied here have been transformed in ways few people would suspect. Our College prides itself on its strong sense of community; and the pursuit of academic excellence is combined with a friendly atmosphere and a warm informality. Lucy Cavendish College is the latest and perhaps the last women's college to be founded in the United Kingdom. The college was established in 1965, initially as an experimental female academy for women graduates. The development of the college grew out of the vision and determination of three women who formed a Dining Group in Cambridge in 1951. These women were: Anna McClean Bidder, a zoologist, later Curator of Malacology in the Museum of Zoology; Kathleen Louise Wood-Legh, a medieval historian; and Margaret Mary Braithwaite (née Masterman), a philosopher and later Director of the Cambridge Language Research Unit.