Wellesley College

Wellesley College
Private women's college in Wellesley, Mass.

, chartered in 1870. Long one of the most eminent women's colleges in the U.S., it was the first to provide scientific laboratories. It grants bachelor's degrees in humanities, including Chinese, Japanese, and Russian languages; in social science, including African studies, religion, and economics; and in science and mathematics, including computer science. Among its facilities are an advanced science centre and an observatory.

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 private women's college in Wellesley, Massachusetts, U.S., one of the Seven Sisters schools. A liberal arts college, Wellesley grants bachelor's degrees in humanities, including Chinese, Japanese, and Russian languages; in social science, including Africana studies, religion, and economics; and in science and mathematics, including computer science. More than a dozen interdepartmental majors are also available, and students may even design their own majors. Among college facilities are greenhouses with more than 1,000 plants, the Whitin Observatory, and a science centre that includes molecular biology, cognitive learning, laser, electronics, and optics laboratories. Wellesley students may register in cooperative programs at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in more than 20 fields. Total enrollment is about 2,300.

      Wellesley College, which was chartered in 1870 and opened in 1875, was founded by Henry Fowle Durant to provide women with college opportunities equal to those of men. Wellesley was the first women's college to have scientific laboratories, and its physics laboratory was the second in an American college. The Wellesley campus, on the shore of Lake Waban, includes hills, woods, and an arboretum. Its buildings, which range in style from Gothic to modern, include the Davis Museum and Cultural Center (1993), designed by Rafael Moneo, and Jewett Arts Center (1955–58), designed by Paul Rudolph. Art historian Alice Van Vechten Brown (Brown, Alice Van Vechten) taught at Wellesley, as did geographer Ellen Churchill Semple (Semple, Ellen Churchill), archaeologist Esther Boise Van Deman (Van Deman, Esther Boise), and Spanish poets Carlos Bousoño (Bousoño, Carlos), Jorge Guillén (Guillén, Jorge), and Pedro Salinas y Serrano (Salinas y Serrano, Pedro). Noted alumnae include Hillary Rodham Clinton, welfare worker and writer Sophonisba Preston Breckinridge (Breckinridge, Sophonisba Preston), and writer and environmentalist Marjory Stoneman Douglas.

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