In 1879, the first women’s college of India is established: the Bethune College, located in West Bengal and affiliated with the University of Calcutta. Indeed, it was founded yet as a girl school in 1849, called the Calcutta Female School, by John Elliot Drinkwater Bethune, a lawyer, educator, and mathematician, more known for its advocating for women’s education in general in India, which is supported noticeably by members of the Bengali Renaissance. Haimabati Sen, who graduated in 1894, had benefited a lot from this breakthrough.

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Bagal, Jogesh Chandra (1949). "History of the Bethune School & College (1849–1949)". In Nag, Kalidas; Ghose, Lotika (eds.). Bethune School & College Centenary Volume, 1849–1949. Bethune College. p. 11–12. https://archive.org/details/BethuneSchoolAndCollegeCentenaryVolume184919...