Bryn Mawr College

Bryn Mawr College
Private women's liberal arts college in Bryn Mawr, Pa.

, near Philadelphia. Though founded in 1885 by a group of Quakers, it has long operated on a nondenominational basis. It offers a range of undergraduate and graduate programs in the arts and sciences, social research, and social work. It enjoys an academic exchange with nearby Haverford and Swarthmore colleges and the University of Pennsylvania.

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      private women's college located in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, U.S., one of the Seven Sisters schools. A liberal arts institution, Bryn Mawr has a range of undergraduate and graduate degree programs in the arts and sciences. Master's and doctoral degree programs in social work and social research are also available. Bryn Mawr's graduate schools offer the most extensive graduate program of any women's college in the country. The college maintains an academic exchange with nearby Haverford College, Swarthmore College, and the University of Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania, University of). Its relationship with Haverford also includes extracurricular activities and housing. Total enrollment exceeds 1,800.

      Joseph Taylor, a member of the Society of Friends (Friends, Society of) (Quakers), founded the college in 1885. Though Quaker beliefs helped to form the college, it has operated as a nondenominational college. Bryn Mawr was the first institution of higher learning in the United States to offer graduate instruction to women; men were first admitted to the graduate program in 1931. Under the leadership of Martha Carey Thomas (Thomas, Martha Carey) (president from 1894 to 1922) the standard for the education of women rose dramatically. Notable alumnae include poets H.D. (Hilda Doolittle (Doolittle, Hilda)) and Marianne Moore (Moore, Marianne), actress Katharine Hepburn (Hepburn, Katharine), and geneticist Nettie Stevens. The faculty has included U.S. President Woodrow Wilson (Wilson, Woodrow) and Nobel Prize-winning geneticist Thomas Hunt Morgan (Morgan, Thomas Hunt).

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