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The Seven Sisters are a group of seven private liberal arts colleges in the Northeastern United States that are historically women's colleges. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Barnard College , Bryn Mawr College , Mount Holyoke College , Smith College , and Wellesley College are still women's colleges.
None of the coordinate colleges were investor-owned. [1] [2] Some, but not all, of the Seven Sisters can be classified as coordinate colleges with a specific originally male-only partner school. However, as a group, they have maintained an equivalent association with the Ivy League schools, conference-to-conference. [3]
Dodge Elementary School - Now served as Chicago Public Schools, Garfield Park Office. Ana Roque De Duprey School - located at 2620 W Hirsch St.; voted to be closed in 2013. The Board of Education approved a sale to IFF Von Humboldt on Jul 22, 2015 for $3,100,000. Main building slated to become mixed-use community for teachers.
Seven Sisters (colleges) — historically women's colleges founded as an answer to the (at the time) all male Ivy League: Wellesley College, Radcliffe College, Smith College, Mount Holyoke College, Barnard College, Vassar College, and Bryn Mawr College.
Pages in category "Seven Sister Colleges" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. ... Seven Sisters (colleges) B. Barnard College; Bryn Mawr ...
1871: Ursuline College was established by the Sisters of Ursuline as a college for women in Cleveland, Ohio. Ursuline College is still a women-focused institution with less than 10% men in attendance. 1875: Wellesley College was chartered in 1870 and opened in 1875 as a college for women. It is one of the Seven Sisters and remains a college for ...
DePaul University: Chicago: 1898 20,917 Research University Dominican University: River Forest: 1901 3,196 Master's East–West University: Chicago: 1980 529 Baccalaureate Elmhurst University: Elmhurst: 1871 3,731 Master's Erikson Institute: Chicago: 1966 331 Master's Eureka College: Eureka: 1855 559 Baccalaureate Generations College: Chicago ...
Vassar was the second of the Seven Sisters colleges, higher education schools that were strictly for women, and historically sister institutions to the all-male Ivy League colleges. It was chartered by its namesake, brewer Matthew Vassar , in 1861 in the Hudson Valley , about 70 miles (110 km) north of New York City .