smith college

Smith College, located in Northampton, Massachusetts, is the largest women's college in the United States. It is a private, non-denominational liberal arts college and one of the Seven Sisters. Smith is also a member of the Five Colleges consortium, which allows its students to attend classes at four other Pioneer Valley institutions: Mount Holyoke College, Amherst College, Hampshire College, and the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Notable Facts: Kurt Vonnegut and Sylva Plath were part of the faculty at Smith College. Smith College is the first and only women's college in the United States to grant its own undergraduate degrees in engineering. Smith has an endowment of over one billion dollars. Notable alumnae: Harriet Boyd-Hawes Otelia Cromwell Margaret Mitchell Anne Morrow Lindbergh Julia McWilliams Child Madeleine L'Engle Betty Friedan Nancy Reagan Barbara Bush Sylvia Plath Gloria Steinem Mary McPherson Julie Nixon Eisenhower Tammy Baldwin