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A Refresher on the Seven Sisters
The Seven Sisters Colleges were founded in the early to late 1800’s to promote an education for women that would be comparable to the coursework being offered to men at the time. It was not until 1927, at the Seven College Conference, that the term “Seven Sisters” came into use.
The name Seven Sisters is also a reference to the Greek myth of The Pleiades, the seven daughters of the Titan Atlas and the sea-nymph Pleione. The daughters –Maia, Electra, Taygete, Alcyone, Celaeno, Sterope and Merope- were collectively referred to as The Seven Sisters. In the field of astronomy a star cluster, in the constellation of Taurus, is also referred to as The Pleiades or the Seven Sisters.
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The stars on the Seven Sisters Alumnae Association logo represent the Pleiades formation.
Location
South Hadley, Massachusetts
First Admitted Students
1837
Full Time Enrollment
2,300
Location
Poughkeepsie, New York
First Admitted Students
1865
Full Time Enrollment (Co-Educational)
2,400
Location
Wellesley, Massachusetts
First Admitted Students
1875
Full Time Enrollment
2,300
Location
Northampton, Massachusetts
First Admitted Students
1875
Full Time Enrollment
2,750
Location
Cambridge, Massachusetts
First Admitted Students
1879
Full Time Enrollment
n/a
Location
Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania
First Admitted Students
1879
Full Time Enrollment
1,229
Location
Morningside Heights, Manhattan, New York
First Admitted Students
1889
Full Time Enrollment
2,500
Source: Wikipedia