▁of ▁colleg ial ity ▁to ▁its ▁members ▁who , ▁being ▁female , ▁were ▁not ▁college ▁fell ows . ▁At ▁the ▁time ▁there ▁were ▁only ▁two ▁women ' s ▁colleg es ▁in ▁Cambridge , ▁Gir ton ▁and ▁New n ham , ▁ins u fficient ▁for ▁the ▁large ▁and ▁growing ▁numbers ▁of ▁female ▁academic ▁staff ▁in ▁the ▁university . ▁ ▁The ▁college ▁was ▁named ▁in ▁honour ▁of ▁Lucy ▁Caroline ▁Cav end ish , ▁a ▁pione er ▁of ▁women ' s ▁education ▁and ▁the ▁great ▁a unt ▁of ▁one ▁of ▁its ▁found ers , ▁Margaret ▁Bra ith wa ite . ▁First ▁formally ▁recogn ised ▁as ▁the ▁Lucy ▁Cav end ish ▁Colleg iate ▁Society , ▁it ▁moved ▁to ▁its ▁current ▁site ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 0 , ▁received ▁consent ▁to ▁be ▁called ▁Lucy ▁Cav end ish ▁College ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 6 , ▁and ▁gained ▁the ▁status ▁of ▁a ▁full ▁college ▁of ▁the ▁university ▁by ▁Royal ▁Char ter ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 7 . ▁ ▁The ▁first ▁president ▁of ▁the ▁college , ▁from ▁ 1 9 6 5 ▁to ▁ 1 9 7 0 , ▁was ▁Anna ▁McC lean ▁B id der , ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁found ing ▁members ▁of ▁the ▁D ining ▁Group ▁and ▁a ▁zo ologist ▁special ising ▁in ▁ce phal op od ▁dig estion ; ▁this ▁accounts ▁for ▁the ▁presence ▁of ▁the ▁na util us ▁shell ▁in ▁the ▁college ▁coat ▁of ▁arms . ▁She ▁was ▁succeeded ▁by ▁Kate ▁Ber tr am ▁until ▁ 1 9 7 9 , ▁Ph yll is