Seven Sisters (Colleges)
Seven Sisters is a group of historic women's colleges in the United States that were founded between 1837 and 1889. It was established in 1927 to support higher education for women. The name is derived from the Pleiades (Seven Sisters) from Greek mythology.
Members
Members of the "Seven Sisters" are:
- Mount Holyoke College , South Hadley , Massachusetts
- Vassar College , Poughkeepsie (now also allows men)
- Smith College , Northampton, Massachusetts
- Wellesley College , Wellesley, Massachusetts
- Radcliffe College , Cambridge (Massachusetts) (now part of Harvard University )
- Bryn Mawr College , Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania
- Barnard College , New York
Relationship with Ivy League
The "Seven Sisters" are widely regarded as the counterpart to the eight Ivy League colleges in the country. Many of the "Seven Sisters" are located near an Ivy League college, which is why there have long been close social ties between college students. In the case of Barnard, there is a cooperation with Columbia University .