The Seven Sisters (university consortium)

The Seven Sisters are a group of historic women’s liberal arts colleges in the United States, established to provide women with high-quality higher education at a time when most institutions were male-only. These schools—Barnard, Bryn Mawr, Mount Holyoke, Radcliffe (now part of Harvard), Smith, Wellesley, and Vassar—foster a tradition of academic excellence, leadership, and progressive values. Though some are now coeducational, the consortium symbolizes a legacy of empowering women through education and collaborative opportunities, often sharing resources and organizing joint programs to enhance student experiences.