Bryn Mawr College

American women's liberal arts college, established in 1885 and located in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. Bryn Mawr College is one of the historical "Seven Sisters" institutions — a group of elite Northeastern schools that provided the highest-level of education on par with (then) men-only Ivy League schools. It's also part of the "Tri-College Consortium" with Haverford College and Swarthmore College. Other "Seven Sisters" institutions are: ◘ Mount Holyoke College (est. 1837) in South Hadley, Massachusetts ◘ Vassar College (est. 1865) in Poughkeepsie, New York ◘ Wellesley College (est. 1875) in Massachusetts ◘ Smith College (est. 1875), Northampton, Massachusetts ◘ Radcliffe College (1879—1999); dissolved and merged with Harvard College, currently Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University ◘ Barnard College (est. 1889) in Manhattan, New York; now affiliated with Columbia University