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Seven Sisters (colleges)
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Seven Sisters (colleges)
The
Seven Sisters
is a loose association of seven
liberal arts colleges
in the
Northeastern United States
that are historically
women's colleges
. They are
Barnard College
,
Bryn Mawr College
,
Mount Holyoke College
,
Radcliffe College
,
Smith College
,
Vassar College
, and
Wellesley College
. All were founded between 1837 and 1889. Four are in
Massachusetts
, two are in
New York
, and one is in
Pennsylvania
. Radcliffe (which merged with
Harvard College
) and Vassar (which is now
coeducational
) are no longer women's colleges. The name "Seven Sisters" was given because of their parallel to the
Ivy League
men's colleges in 1927.
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