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Wellesley College is a private women's liberal arts college in Wellesley, Massachusetts. Founded in 1870 by Henry and Pauline Durant as a female seminary , it is a member of the Seven Sisters Colleges , an unofficial grouping of current and former women's colleges in the northeastern United States .
It became Mount Holyoke College in 1893. Vassar, however, was the first of the Seven Sisters to be chartered as a college in 1861. Wellesley College was chartered in 1870 as the Wellesley Female Seminary, and was renamed Wellesley College in 1873. It opened to students in 1875. Smith College was chartered in 1871 and opened its doors in 1875.
Former president of Wellesley College, H. Kim Bottomly, noted the importance of women's leadership development to both the Albright Institute and Wellesley College at large, stating that the Albright Institute "play[s] a critical role in Wellesley's education of future women leaders across the world."
Alice Freeman Palmer (born Alice Elvira Freeman; February 21, 1855 – December 6, 1902) was an American educator.As Alice Freeman, she was president of Wellesley College from 1881 to 1887, when she left to marry the Harvard professor George Herbert Palmer.
Ada Lydia Howard (December 19, 1829 – March 3, 1907) [1] was the first president of Wellesley College. [2]She received a postgraduate education under private teachers and went on to teach at Western College, Ohio, from 1861 to 1862.
“Wellesley was founded as a women’s college because they wanted to create a safe and supportive learning environment for people who were marginalized based on gender," she said. "Such a place ...
In this image, they are pictured on the step of the President's House on Wellesley College's campus. (Margaret Clapp is pictured second from the left). Margaret Antoinette Clapp (April 10, 1910 – May 3, 1974) [1] was an American scholar, educator and Pulitzer Prize winner. She was the president of Wellesley College from 1949 to 1966. [2]
Wellesley, a Massachusetts-based women's college, has responded by investing more in front-line admissions officers and building better relationships with community-based organizations, she said.