The Seven Sisters are a group of seven liberal arts colleges in the Northeastern United States that are historically women's colleges:[1] Barnard College, Bryn Mawr College, Mount Holyoke College, Smith College, and Wellesley College are still women's colleges. Vassar College is currently a coeducational college and Radcliffe College was absorbed in 1999 by Harvard College. These colleges were created to provide women with the educational equivalent to the historically all-male Ivy League colleges, although Cornell has accepted women since its founding. The name Seven Sisters is a reference to the Greek myth of The Pleiades, the seven daughters of the Titan Atlas and the sea-nymph Pleione:[1] Maia, Electra, Taygete, Alcyone, Celaeno, Sterope, and Merope.
Barnard College (Seven Sisters), 3009 Broadway, New York, NY 10027
Agnes E. Meyer (1887–1970), Alice Duer Miller (1874–1942, Heterodoxy Club), Alzada Comstock (1888-1960), Constance Smith (1888–, Heterodoxy Club), Cora Du Bois (1903-1991), Eleanor Brownell (1876–1968), Elise Cowen (1933–1962), Elizabeth McCausland (1899–1965), Elizabeth Reynard (1897-1962), Ellen Kushner (born 1955), Elsie Clews Parsons (1875–1941, Heterodoxy Club), Esther Lape (1881-1981), Ettie Stettheimer (1875–1955), Freda Kirchwey (1893–1976), Grace Frick (1903–1979), Helen Hoyt (1887–1972), Helen Rose Hull (1888-1971, Heterodoxy Club), Howard Moss (1922–1987), Karla Jay (born 1947), Kate Millett (1934-2017), Lura Beam (1887-1969), Mabel Choate (1870-1958), Margaret Mead (1901-1978), Martha Peterson (1916—2006), Martha Shelley (born 1943), Mary Harriman Rumsey (1881–1934), Mary Wingfield Scott (1895–1983), Patricia Highsmith (1921–1995), Ruth Benedict (1887-1948), Virginia Gildersleeve (1877-1965), Zora Neale Hurston (1891–1960).
Bryn Mawr College (Seven Sisters), 101 N Merion Ave, Bryn Mawr, PA 19010
Agnes E. Wells (1876-1959), Agnes Wergeland (1857-1914), Alice Howland (1883-1968), Alice Palache (1907-1989), Anna Rochester (1880-1966), Barbara Spofford Morgan (1887-1971), Clara Landsberg (1873-1966), Cornelia Meigs (1884-1973), Cornelia Otis Skinner (1901-1979), Douglas Cooper (1911–1984), Edith Finch Russell (1900–1978), Edith Hamilton (1867-1963), Edith Rosenbaum Russell (1879-1975), Edith Wyatt (1873-1959), Eleanor Brownell (1876-1968), Eliza "Jimmie" Criswell (1882-1958), Elizabeth Bishop (1911-1979), Elizabeth Shepley Sergeant (1881–1965), Ellen Kushner (born 1955), Emily Greene Balch (1867–1961), Esther Lape (1881-1981), Ethel Collins Dunham (1883-1969), Eva Palmer-Sikelianos (1874–1952), Frances Hardcastle (1866–1941), Frances May Witherspoon (1886-1973), Frieda S. Miller (1909-1973), Gertrude Macy (1904-1983), Grace Meigs Crowder (1881–1925), H.D. (1886-1961), Helen Thomas Flexner (1871-1956), Helena Dudley (1858-1932), Hilda Worthington Smith (1888–1984), Jon-Henri Damski (1937-1997), Karin Stephen (1889–1953), Kate Millett (1934-2017), Katherine Hepburn (1907-2003), Leicester Bodine Holland (1882–1952), Leila Cook Barber (1903–1984), Lucy Donnelly (1870–1948), Lucy Maynard Salmon (1853-1927), M. Carey Thomas (1857-1935), Mabel Haynes (1895-1928), Mabel Palmer (1876–1958), Margaret Hamilton (1871-1969), Margaret (Peggy) James Porter (1887-1950), Marianne Moore (1887–1972), Marjorie Rackstraw (1888–1981), Martha Gruening (1889–1937), Martha May Eliot (1891-1978), Mary Inda Hussey (1876–1952), Mary Meigs (1917-2002), Mary Wingfield Scott (1895–1983), Maude Sperry Turner (1878-1959, Heterodoxy Club), May Bookstaver (1875–1950, Heterodoxy Club), May Swenson (1913–1989), Paula Vogel (born 1951), Pauline Goldmark (1874–1962), Theresa Helburn (1887–1959), Tracy Dickinson Mygatt (1885-1973), Vera Lachmann (1904-1985), Vera Lillian Parsons (1889–1973), Virginia Greer Yardley (1878-1971), Virginia Robinson (1883–1977), Werner Vordtriede (1915–1985), Zelma Corning Brandt (1891-1990, Heterodoxy Club).
Mount Holyoke College (Seven Sisters), 50 College St, South Hadley, MA 01075
Abbie Park Ferguson (1837-1919), Agnes Rindge Claflin (1900-1977), Alzada Comstock (1888-1960), Anna Adams Gordon (1853–1931), Anna Bliss (1843-1925), Barbara Smith (born 1946), Charlotte Wilder (1898-1980), Eileen Power (1889–1940), Elizabeth Holloway Marston (1893–1993), Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), Emily Gilmore Alden (1834–1914), Esther Boise Van Deman (1862–1937), Frances Perkins (1880-1965), Harriet Newell Haskell (1835-1907), Jaime Manrique (born 1949), James Baldwin (1924-1987), Janet Wilder Dakin (1910-1994), Jeannette Augustus Marks (1875-1964), Luis Cernuda (1902–1963), Lydia Woodbridge (1875-1946), Margery Corbett Ashby (1882–1981), Marion Elizabeth Blake (1892–1961), Marjorie Saunders Harrington (1892-1977), Mary E. Wilkins Freeman (1852-1930), Mary Emma Woolley (1900-1937), Mary Inda Hussey (1876–1952), Mary Lyon (1797–1849), Phyllis Reid Fenner (1899-1982), W.H. Auden (1907-1973).
Radcliffe College (see Harvard University)
Smith College (Seven Sisters), 9 Elm St, Northampton, MA 01063
Adrienne Rich (1929–2012), Alice Morgan Wright (1881-1975), Anna Spicer Gladding (1906-1992), C.V. Wedgwood (1910–1997), Charlotte Wilder (1898–1980), Cheryl Crawford (1902-1986), Clara French (1863-1888), Edith J. Goode (1881–1970), Edith Lewis (1881–1972), Edward "Ned" Spofford (1931-2014), Elisabeth Irwin (1880–1942, Heterodoxy Club), Elizabeth Fisher Read (1872–1943), Elizabeth McCausland (1899–1965), Elizabeth Wheeler (1920-1956), Estelle Jussim (1928-2004), Fannie Stearns Davis (1884-1958), Frances Holden (1899–1996), Frances Rich (1910–2007), George Brendan Dowell (1909-1997), Gwendolen M. Carter (1906-1991), Helen Appleton Read (1887–1974), Helen Sonthoff (1916-2000), Henrietta Bingham (1901–1968), Henry-Russell Hitchcock (1903–1987), Hilda Hidalgo (1928-2009), Janet Flanner (1892–1978), Jean Garrigue (1912–1972), Jules Prown (born 1930), Lola Maverick Lloyd (1875-1944), Louise Holborn (1898–1975), Louise Leland (1902–1956), Louise Stevens Bryant (1885–1956), Louise Varèse (1890–1989), Lucy M. Taggart (1880–1960), Madeleine Zabriskie Doty (1877-1963), Martha Gruening (1889–1937), Mary Berenson (1864-1945), Mary P. Cunningham (1888-1934), Mary Ritter Beard (1876–1958), Mina Kirstein Curtiss (1896–1985), Nancy Hamilton (1908-1985), Newton Arvin (1900–1963), Olivia H. Dunbar (1873-1953, Heterodoxy Club), Oskar Seidlin (1911–1984), P.L. Travers (1899–1996), Paul Roche (1916-2007), Raymond Joel Dorius (1919–2006), Sophia Smith (1796-1870), Vida Dutton Scudder (1861-1954).
Vassar College (Seven Sisters), 124 Raymond Ave, Poughkeepsie, NY 12604
Abby Leach (1855–1918), Adelaide Crapsey (1878–1914), Agnes Rindge Claflin (1900-1977), Alice French (1850-1934), Aline Bernstein (1880–1955), Alice Howland (1883-1968), Alida Cornelia Avery (1833-1908), Alma Lutz (1890-1973), Anna Spicer Gladding (1906-1992), Blanchette Ferry Rockefeller (1909–1992), Charlotte Johnson Baker (1855-1937), Crystal Eastman (1881–1928, Heterodoxy Club), Delia Sherman (born 1951), Edna St Vincent Millay (1892–1950), Eliza Maria Mosher (1846–1928), Eliza Radeke (1854-1931), Elizabeth Bishop (1911-1979), Elizabeth Coffin (1850–1930), Elsie Hill Levitt (1883–1970), Emma B. Culbertson (1854–1920), Eugene De Forest (1849-1917), Frances Farenthold (1926–2021), George Brendan Dowell (1909-1997), Henry-Russell Hitchcock (1903–1987), Howard Moss (1922–1987), Inez Milholland (1886–1916, Heterodoxy Club), John Malcolm Brinnin (1916–1998), John Wilson (1927-1992), Julia Lathrop (1858–1932), Ken Lustbader (born 1961), Laura Benét (1884–1979), Laura Johnson Wylie (1855-1932), Lee Miller (1907–1977), Leila Cook Barber (1903–1984), Lilian May Miller (1895-1943), Lilian Wyckoff Johnson (1864−1956), Lillien Jane Martin (1851–1943), Louise Crane (1913–1997), Lucy Burns (1879–1966), Lucy Mabel Hall-Brown (1843-1907), Lucy Maynard Salmon (1853-1927), Lucy Washburn (1848–1939), Marguerite Smith (died 1959), Maria Mitchell (1818-1889), Marion Cothren (1880–1949, Heterodoxy Club), Mary Alicia Owen (1850–1935), Mary L. Chamberlain (1888-1938, Heterodoxy Club), Mary Watson Whitney (1847–1921), Monique James (1926-2001), Monique Wittig (1935–2003), Muriel Rukeyser (1913–1980), Néstor Almendros (1930-1992), Rhoda Bubendey Metraux (1914–2003), Rollie McKenna (1918–2003), Ruth Benedict (1887–1948), Ruth Mitchell (1889–1969), Ruth Pickering Pinchot (1893–1984), Sydney Pokorny (1965-2008), Vera Lachmann (1904-1985), Vida Milholland (1888–1952), Winifred Cullis (1875–1956).
Wellesley College (Seven Sisters), 106 Central St, Wellesley, MA 02481
Alice Freeman Palmer (1855-1902), Angelina Weld Grimké (1880–1958), Angie Clara Chapin (1855-1937), Anna Boynton Thompson (1848–1923), Annie Sybil Montague (1854-1914), Bernard C. Heyl (1905-1966), Bertha Lydia Caswell (1859-1923), Carla Wenckebach (1853-1902), Caroline Hazard (1856–1945), Carolyn Gold Heilbrun (1926–2003), Charlotte Anita Whitney (1867–1955), Clara French (1863–1888), Connie Guion (1883-1971), Cornelia Lyman Warren (1857-1921), Cynthia Rich (born 1933), Dante Germino (1931–2002), Edith Abbott (1876–1957), Eleanor Raymond (1887–1989), Elizabeth Bailey Hardee (1873–1908), Elizabeth Kimball Kendall (1855-1952), Elizabeth Phebe Whiting (1851-1933), Ellen Amanda Hayes (1851–1930), Ellen Louisa Burrell (1850–1938), Emily Coleman (1899–1974), Emily Greene Balch (1867–1961), Eric Hall McCormick (1906–1995), Esther Boise Van Deman (1862–1937), Esther Lape (1881-1981), Eva Chandler (1856-1938), Florence Converse (1871-1967), George Santayana (1863–1952), George Stambolian (1938–1991), Gertrude Marvin Williams (1884–1974, Heterodoxy Club), Gladys Taber (1899–1980), Grace Frick (1903-1979), Harriet Parsons (1906-1983), Harriett Rice (1866–1958), Helen Rose Hull (1888-1971, Heterodoxy Club), Jeannette Augustus Marks (1875-1964), Josephine Preston Peabody (1874–1922), Katharine Anthony (1877-1965, Heterodoxy Club), Katharine Coman (1857-1915), Katharine Lee Bates (1859-1929), Leo Bersani (1931–2022), Lilian Wyckoff Johnson (1864-1956), Louise Holborn (1898–1975), Louise McNair (1869-1956), Louise McNair (1869-1956), Mabel Robinson (1874-1962, Heterodoxy Club), Mai-Mai Sze (1909-1962), Margaret Byington (1877–1952), Marion Dickerman (1890-1983), Marius Bewley (1916-1973), Marjory Stoneman Douglas (1890-1998), Martha Foote Crow (1854-1924) Mary Emma Woolley (1863–1947), Mary Inda Hussey (1876–1952), Mary Sophia Case (1855-1953), Molly Dewson (1874–1962), Nona L. Brooks (1861-1945), Pedro Salinas (1891–1951), Priscilla Pattison (1919-2013), Sarah Chamberlin Weed (1869–1908), Sarah Frances Whiting (1847-1927), Sophonisba Breckinridge (1866–1948), Vida Dutton Scudder (1861-1954), Virginia West Davidson (1916-2009).
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