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| mottoeng = "We receive to give"
| established = {{Start date and age|1870|4|18}}
| founder = [[Isabella Thoburn]]
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| city = [[Lucknow]]
| state = [[Uttar Pradesh]]
| country = [[India]]
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The '''Isabella Thoburn College''', formerly the '''Lucknow Women's College''' and often called informally '''IT College''', is a college for women in [[Lucknow]], [[India]], named after its founder, [[Isabella Thoburn]], the first woman [[United States|American]] [[missionary]] of the [[Methodist Episcopal Church]] to sail in India 1869. The college was established in 1870 with just six girls on roll.

==History==
The origin of the college was in a school for girls opened by [[Isabella Thoburn]] on 18 April 1870 in one room in the city-centre [[bazaar]] of [ Lucknow]. There were then just six girls. By 1871, the school had expanded and moved to occupy a house named Lal Bagh, which had been lived in by the treasurer of the last [[Nawab of Awadh]].<ref name=history>[http://itcollege.ac.in/about-us/college-history/ College History] at itcollege.ac.in, accessed 22 April 2012</ref><ref>Jaya Indiresan (2002) ''Education for women's empowerment: gender-positive initiatives in pace-setting women's colleges''. Delhi: Konark Publishers. p. 270: "ISABELLA THOBURN COLLEGE, LUCKNOW History and Ethos This college was founded by Ms. Isabella Thoburn, in whose memory it has been named. It was started as a school in 1870 and has been functioning as a college for over a century now."</ref>

On 12 July 1886 Miss Thoburn's school was renamed as the Lucknow Women's College and began to teach [[Fine Arts]] classes under the supervision of the [[University of Calcutta]]. In 1894, this connection was abandoned in favour of a new one with [[Allahabad University]]. Following the death of Miss Thoburn in 1901, the College, still at Lal Bagh, was given its present name in her honour. In 1923, it moved to the Chand Bagh estate of almost 32 acres, where it has remained until the present day.<ref name=history/> Chand Bagh means "Moon Garden". The property was once a royal garden.<ref>Qurratulain Ḥaidar (1994) ''The sound of falling leaves: award-winning Urdu short stories''. Sahitya Akademi. p. 25. {{ISBN|9788172016623}}</ref> After its affiliation to Lucknow University it found requisite support and guidance from Nirmal Chandra Chaturvedi, a renowned educationist and member of the university Executive Council.

The college's Principal [[Sarah Chakko]] (1905–1954) was the first woman president of the [[World Council of Churches]].

==Present day==
[[File:Isabella Thoburn College 2012 stamp of India.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Isabella Thoburn College on a 2012 stamp of India]]
The College is now affiliated to [[Lucknow University]]. The buildings it has developed on the Chand Bagh campus since the 1920s include student hostels, lecture rooms, laboratories, a library, a college chapel and a large hall.<ref name=history/> The college teaches five undergraduate courses, leading to the degrees of [[Bachelor of Arts]] (BA), [[Bachelor of Education]] (BEd), [[Bachelor of Science]] (BSc), [[Bachelor of Commerce]] (BCom), and [[Bachelor of Library and Information Science]] (BLISc). There are also postgraduate courses leading to the degrees of [[Master of Arts]] (MA), [[Master of Science]](MSc), [[Master of Business Administration]] (MBA) and to a Postgraduate Diploma in Healthcare and Hospital Management (PGDHHM).<ref>[http://itcollege.ac.in/ Courses Offered] at itcollege.ac.in, accessed 22 April 2012</ref><ref>[http://itcollege.ac.in/itcps/ About College] at itcollege.ac.in, accessed 31 April 2020</ref>

IT College, along with undergraduate and post graduate courses also offered intermediate classes. Eventually a separate college for intermediate level students was formed within the IT College campus. This building only houses classes for classes 11th and 12th, while the college level students study in the old college building.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Isabella Thoburn Intermediate College|url=https://itcollege.ac.in/itic/|access-date=2020-11-16|language=en-US}}</ref>

IT College, as it is called has hostel facilities for students as well as has a large number of day scholars. There are three hostels for the resident students, Naunihal, Nishat Mahal and Maitreyi Bhawan.

On 12 April 2012 the [[Government of India]] issued a new five rupee [[postage stamp]] illustrating the College.<ref>[http://www.indianstampghar.com/2012/04/stamps-of-india-isabella-thoburn-college-lucknow-by-india-post/ Stamps of India – Isabella Thoburn College, Lucknow – By India Post] at indianstampghar.com, accessed 26 April 2012</ref>

==Principals==
*Isabella Thoburn
*[[Sarah Chakko]]
*Dr. Eva Shipstone
*Dr. Kamala D. Edwards
*Ms. Mary Abraham
*Dr. Adella Paul
*Dr. E. S. Charles
*Dr. Primrose H. Bodhan
*Mrs. K. Sen
*Dr. Vinita Prakash (Present)

==Notable alumnae==
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*[[Nabia Abbott]] (31 January 1897 – 15 October 1981), Islamic scholar, papyrologist, paleographer at the [[University of Chicago Oriental Institute]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://oi.uchicago.edu/sites/oi.uchicago.edu/files/uploads/shared/docs/ar/71-80/74-75/74-75_Memoriam_Abbott.pdf|title=Nabia Abbott – In Memoriam|author=Muhsin Mahdi|publisher=Oriental Institute|location=Chicago}}</ref>
*[[Lilavati Singh]] (December 14, 1868 – May 9, 1909), educator, also taught at the college
*[[Martha Chen]] (born 1944), American academic, lecturer in public policy at the [[Harvard Kennedy School]]
*[[Rashid Jahan]] (1905–1952), [[Urdu]] Writer.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/rebel-with-a-cause/article6201124.ece|title=Rashid Jahan: Rebel With a Cause|newspaper=The Hindu|date=11 July 2014|last1=Kumar|first1=Kuldeep}}</ref>
*[[Isha Basant Joshi]] (born 1908), first female officer of the [[Indian Administrative Service]] and writer, also known by the pen name Easha Joshi<ref name="hindustantimes.com">Rajeev Mullick (January 28, 2011) [https://web.archive.org/web/20110204004811/http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/lucknow/125-years-of-Isabella-Thoburn-College-Lucknow/Article1-655716.aspx 125 years of Isabella Thoburn College, Lucknow]. ''Hindustan Times''. Retrieved on 2018-12-03.</ref>
*[[Attia Hosain]] (1913–1998), feminist author and broadcaster<ref>Anita Desai (2004) "Hosain, Attia Shahid (1913–1998)". [[Oxford Dictionary of National Biography]]. Oxford University Press.</ref><ref>[http://www.harappa.com/attia/attiahosaininterview.html Growing Up in Gadia: Attia Hosain interviewed in London on 19 May 1991] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930184439/http://www.harappa.com/attia/attiahosaininterview.html |date=30 September 2007 }} at harappa.com, accessed 22 April 2012</ref>
*[[Ismat Chugtai]] (August 1915 – 24 October 1991), eminent Indian writer in Urdu<ref name="hindustantimes.com"/>
*[[Vijayaraje Scindia]] (1919–2001), politician, consort of the last ruling [[Maharaja]] of [[Gwalior]]
*[[Qurratulain Hyder]] (1928–2007), novelist
*[[Bina Rai]] (1936–2009), actress
*[[Ma Prem Usha]] (1937-2008), clairvoyant and columnist<ref>Neeta Lal (25 July 2008) "Cashing in on Clairvoyance". ''[[Khaleej Times]]''</ref>
*[[Fatima Zakaria]] (1936-2021), former editor of the [[Bombay Times]] and Sunday editor of [[The Times of India]]<ref>{{cite tweet|number=1381287270649630721|user=CNN|title=CNN’s @FareedZakaria remembers his mother, Fatma Zakaria, who passed away from Covid-related complications in India… |date=11 April 2021}}</ref>
*Dr. [[Mohini Giri]], first chairperson of National Commission for Women in India <ref name="hindustantimes.com"/>
*[[Vartika Singh]], model, [[Femina Miss India 2015|Femina Miss India Grand International finalist 2015]], second Runner Up
*[[Nivedita Bhattacharya]], theatre and television actress

==See also==
*[[Methodist High School, Kanpur]]

==References==
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==Further reading==
*Marjorie A. Dimmitt, ''Isabella Thoburn College: A Record from its Beginnings to its Diamond Jubilee'' (World Outlook Press, 1961)

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