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{{Infobox university
| motto =
| name = Queen Mary's College
| image = QueenMarysCollege.jpg
| image_size =
| caption = Queen Mary's College entrance, as seen from Marina Beach
| established = {{Start date and age|14 July 1914}}
| type =
| city = [[Chennai]]
| state = [[Tamil Nadu]]
| campus =
[[Urban area|Urban]], 30 acres<ref>{{Cite news
| last = Sujatha
| first = R.
| title = Queen Mary's makeover plan in limbo
| newspaper = The Hindu
| location = Chennai
| pages = 3
| publisher = Kasturi & Sons
| date = 25 November 2019
| url = https://www.pressreader.com/india/the-hindu/20191125/281659666888620
| access-date = 29 December 2019}}</ref>

| country = [[India]]
| undergrad =
| postgrad =
| faculty =
| Total students=
| mascot =
| principal = Dr S.Shanthi
| founder = [[Dorothy de la Hey]]<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/mp/2003/04/16/stories/2003041600070400.htm | title=Trail-blazer in women's education | date=16 April 2003 | work=[[The Hindu]] | access-date=25 May 2018}}{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Documentation on Women, Children, and Human Rights|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VVzaAAAAMAAJ|access-date=25 May 2018|year=2003|publisher=Sandarbhini, Library and Documentation Centre, All India Association for Christian Higher Education|page=53}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.queenmaryscollege.edu.in/Principalslist.html | title=PRINCIPAL'S LIST QUEEN MARY'S COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI-4 | publisher=Queen Mary's college | access-date=25 May 2018}}</ref>
|affiliations= [[University of Madras]]
| campus area =
| website = [http://www.queenmaryscollege.edu.in queenmaryscollege.edu.in]
}}

[[File:Queen-Marys-College-Chennai-Queen-Mary-Statue.JPG|thumb|240px|Bust of Queen Mary (by Nagappa), Queen Mary's College]]

'''Queen Mary's College''' is a government-run college in [[Chennai]], [[India]]. Started in 1914, it is the first women's college in the city and the third oldest women's college in India and second oldest in South India after [[Sarah Tucker College]].
The college is located on junction of Kamarajar Salai and Dr. Radhakrishnan Salai facing the [[Marina Beach]]. The college plays a vital role in education and empowerment of girl children from poor economic sections.

==Rankings==
{{Infobox India university ranking
|type=College
|NIRF_C_2019=40}}

==History==
It was founded by [[Dorothy de la Hey]] with the support of the [[List of colonial Governors and Presidents of Madras|Governor of Madras Presidency]] [[John Sinclair, 1st Baron Pentland|Lord Pentland]] in 1914 as Madras College for Women. It was later renamed as Queen Mary's College in 1917. The first three child widows to graduate from South India, Ammukutty, Lakshmi and Parvathy graduated from this college.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/madras-miscellany/article7546955.ece | title=Madras miscellany: Three who led the way | publisher=The Hindu | work=[[S. Muthiah]] | date=16 August 2015 | access-date=25 May 2018}}</ref><ref name="Felton2003">{{cite book|author=Monica Felton|title=A Child Widow's Story|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zjTTmLnroQEC&pg=PA171|access-date=25 May 2018|year=2003|publisher=Katha|isbn=978-81-87649-91-5|pages=171–}}</ref> Originally the residence of Lt Col Francis Capper in the mid-19th century, the building later housed a hotel before becoming a college in 1914. Known as the Capper House, the building was preserved as a heritage building. The college grow significantly under [[Dorothy de la Hey]] with many news building Pentland House, Stone House and Jeypore House being built and by 1923 Science subjects were also taught here and Physics and Chemistry laboratories were built. In 1928 was the first college in India to offer a two-year intermediate course in Indian music and in 1930 the music department was formally opened.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/Melody-on-the-Marina/article14983720.ece | title=Melody on the Marina | publisher=The Hindu | work=Suganthy Krishnamachari | date=15 September 2016 | access-date=25 May 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/Queen-Marys-College-the-home-of-musicians-on-song/articleshow/45755468.cms | title=Queen Mary's College, the home of musicians, on song | publisher=[[The Times of India]] | work=B Sivakumar | date=5 January 2015 | access-date=25 May 2018}}</ref> By the time [[Dorothy de la Hey]] left in 1936 the college had grown significantly.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/madrass-first-womens-college/article5617593.ece | title=Madras's first women's college | publisher=The Hindu | work=S. Muthiah | date=26 January 2014 | access-date=25 May 2018}}</ref> Capper House was later demolished to construct a new administrative office for the college known as the Kalaignar Maaligai, which was inaugurated in July 2010.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/one-hundred-years-of-fortitude/article5901785.ece | title=One hundred years of fortitude | publisher=The Hindu | work=Anusha Parthasarathy | date=11 April 2014 | access-date=25 May 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/Kalaignar-Maaligai-unveiled-in-Queen-Marys-college/articleshow/6202988.cms?referral=PM | title=Kalaignar Maaligai unveiled in Queen Mary's college | work=[[The Times of India]] | date=23 July 2010 | access-date=25 May 2018}}</ref> After her Miss Myers became the Principal till 1946, the first Indian Principal was [[Nallamuthu Ramamurthi]].

== Notable alumni ==
* [[Yashodhara Dasappa]], Politician, Padma Bhushan receipt
* [[Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay]], Freedom Fighter, Padma Vibhusan recipient
*[[Indira Joseph Venniyoor]], All India Radio broadcaster
* [[Janaki Ammal]], Scientist
* [[Lakshmi Sahgal]], Freedom fighter
* [[Charumathi Ramachandran]], Musician
* [[Nimi McConigley]], first Indian American women to serve in any American State legislature
* [[Vani Jairam]], Musician
* [[Anuradha Sriram]], Musician
* [[M. Narmadha]], Musician
* [[A. Kanyakumari]], Musician
* [[R. Sivabhogam]] ,first women chartered Accountant in India

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.queenmaryscollege.edu.in Queen Mary's College website]
* [http://www.qmc100.com/ QMC100]

{{Chennai Topics}}
{{Authority control}}

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[[Category:Arts and Science colleges in Chennai]]
[[Category:Women's universities and colleges in Chennai]]
[[Category:1914 establishments in India]]
[[Category:Educational institutions established in 1914]]
[[Category:Colleges affiliated to University of Madras]]

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