Mount Holyoke College is a private women's liberal arts college in South Hadley, Massachusetts, United States. It is the oldest member of the historic Seven Sisters colleges, a group of historically women's 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. It is part of the Five College Consortium in western Massachusetts, and its campus includes the Mount Holyoke College Art Museum, the John Payson Williston Observatory, the Joseph Allen Skinner Museum and a botanic garden.
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The college was founded in 1837 as the Mount Holyoke Female Seminary by Mary Lyon, a pioneer in education for women.
Mary Lyon (Wikipedia)
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She then established Mount Holyoke Female Seminary (Mount Holyoke College) in South Hadley, Massachusetts, in 1837 and served as its first president (or "principal") for 12 years.
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In 1945, she joined the chemistry department at Mount Holyoke College as an assistant professor
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was a Mary Lyon Professor and Camille and Henry Dreyfus Chair in Chemistry at Mount Holyoke College
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