Isableela Thoburn, IT College

On 12th March, 2015, attended the two day   National seminar in one of the first women's college Isableela Thoburn popularly known as IT college started in 1875 in Lucknow.Its a beautiful College with a Colonial structure and furniture.The popularity of the college can be gauged from the fact that the cross-section of road adjacent to the college is commonly known as the “IT Chauraha”.There were no avenues for higher education for girls in Lucknow during the reign of Nawabs. The need for extensive higher education gained weight and the Lucknow Women’s College was established on 12th July 1886. Later, it came to be known as the Isabella Thoburn College. All the courses of the college were affiliated to the Calcutta University with Fine Arts (F.A.) being the most popular. In 1894, the college earned the affiliation from the Allahabad University.The institute has been named after its founder Isabella Thoburn who was an American Missionary. She worked tirelessly for the establishment and progress of the college for 31 years. in the year 1901, she passed away following a prolonged illness.Ms. Florence Nichols came to Lucknow in 1921 to handle the administration of the institute in order to provide top level higher education to the girls in Lucknow. I felt happy coming back to the Indo gangetic plain besides meeting many old friends.The College was set up in 1886 for girls and then some portions were added in 1922.The buidings are very Colonial and so is the furniture.