Mount Holyoke College is a private liberal arts women's college in South Hadley,Massachusetts. It is the oldest member of the historic Seven Sisters colleges,a group of historically female colleges in the Northeastern United States. The college was founded in 1837 as the Mount Holyoke Female Seminary by Mary Lyon,a pioneer in education for women. Mount Holyoke is part of the Five College Consortium in Western Massachusetts.
Mount Holyoke, a traprock mountain,elevation 935 feet (285 m),is the westernmost peak of the Holyoke Range and part of the 100-mile (160 km) Metacomet Ridge. The mountain is located in the Connecticut River Valley of western Massachusetts,and is the namesake of nearby Mount Holyoke College. The mountain is located in the towns of Hadley and South Hadley,Massachusetts. It is known for its historic summit house,auto road,scenic vistas,and biodiversity. The mountain is crossed by the 110-mile (180 km) Metacomet-Monadnock Trail and numerous shorter trails. Mount Holyoke is the home of J.A. Skinner State Park which is accessible from Route 47 in Hadley,Massachusetts.
Mary Mason Lyon was an American pioneer in women's education. She established the Wheaton Female Seminary in Norton,Massachusetts,in 1834. She then established Mount Holyoke Female Seminary in South Hadley,Massachusetts,in 1837 and served as its first president for 12 years. Lyon's vision fused intellectual challenge and moral purpose. She valued socioeconomic diversity and endeavored to make the seminary affordable for students of modest means.
David Bicknell Truman was an American academic who served as the 14th president of Mount Holyoke College from 1969–1978. He is also known for his role as a Columbia University administrator during the Columbia University protests of 1968. Truman was an elected member of both the American Philosophical Society and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Western College for Women,known at other times as Western Female Seminary,The Western and simply Western College,was a women's and later coed liberal arts college in Oxford,Ohio,between 1855 and 1974. Initially a seminary,it was the host of orientation sessions for the Freedom Summer in 1964. It was absorbed by Miami University in 1974 after dwindling finances. Now known as the Western Campus of Miami University,it was designated a U.S. Historic district known as the Western Female Seminary Historic District in 1979.
Susan Tolman Mills was the co-founder of Mills College.
Mary Emma Woolley was an American educator,peace activist and women's suffrage supporter. She was the first female student to attend Brown University and served as the 10th President of Mount Holyoke College from 1900 to 1937.
Elizabeth Topham Kennan is an American academic who served as the 15th president of Mount Holyoke College from 1978 to 1995. She also served as president of the Five Colleges consortium from 1985 to 1994.
Joanne Vanish Creighton is an American academic who served as the 16th President of Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley,Massachusetts,from 1996 to 2010. On August 10,2011,the Haverford College Board of Managers named her interim President of Haverford College,replacing Stephen G. Emerson,who resigned.
Mary C. Whitman (1809–1875) was an American educator who served as the second president of Mount Holyoke College from 1849 to 1850. She graduated from Mount Holyoke in 1839,taught there from 1840 to 1842,and was Associate Principal from 1842 to 1849 before becoming Head.
Helen M. French (1832–1909) was an American educator who served as the fifth president of Mount Holyoke College from 1867 to 1872. She graduated from Mount Holyoke in 1857 and taught there for ten years before becoming principal.
Sarah D. Stoddard was an American educator who served as the fourth president of Mount Holyoke College from 1865 to 1867. She graduated from Mount Holyoke in 1841 and taught there for eight years before becoming Head.
Mary W. Chapin (1820–1889) was an American educator who served as the third president of Mount Holyoke College from 1850 to 1852 and Principal from 1852 to 1865. She graduated from Mount Holyoke in 1841 and taught there for seven years before becoming Head.
Elizabeth Blanchard (1834–1891) was an American educator who was the seventh president of Mount Holyoke College.
Mary Ann Brigham was an American educator who,after teaching for a few years,was elected President of Mount Holyoke College in 1889,but died in a railway accident before she could take up her appointment."
Lynn C. Pasquerella is an American academic and the 14th president of the American Association of Colleges and Universities. Before she assumed this position,she was the 17th president of Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley,Massachusetts,serving from 2010 to 2016. She was a professor of philosophy at the University of Rhode Island for 19 years before becoming URI's Associate Dean of the Graduate School. From 2006 to 2008 she was vice provost for research and dean of the graduate school at the University of Rhode Island. She was the Provost of the University of Hartford from 2008-10. She also currently serves as the President of the Phi Beta Kappa Society.
Harriet Suzanne Katcher Pollatsek is an American mathematician and Professor Emeritus of Mathematics at Mount Holyoke College.
Eunice Caldwell Cowles was an American educator who influenced hundreds of women in the U.S. and abroad. She was the first associate of Mary Lyon in the opening of Mount Holyoke Seminary. She had previously graduated under Lyon and Zilpah Grant from Ipswich Seminary in 1829,where she was afterwards principal from 1844 to 1876. She also served as the first principal of Wheaton Seminary. She was also affiliated with the Christian Woman's Board of Missions (C.W.B.M.),having co-founded the Essex North Branch and serving as its president.
Mabel Augusta Chase was an American physicist and university professor.
