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Former US Secretary of State and diplomat Madeleine Albright graduated from Wellesley College in 1959 and has remained an active alumna and supporter of the college throughout her career. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 7 ] The idea for the Albright Institute originated during discussions between Albright and Wellesley College over the donation of working papers ...
Wellesley College is a private women's liberal arts college in Wellesley, Massachusetts. Founded in 1870 by Henry and Pauline Durant as a female seminary , it is a member of the Seven Sisters Colleges , an unofficial grouping of current and former women's colleges in the northeastern United States .
It became Mount Holyoke College in 1893. Vassar, however, was the first of the Seven Sisters to be chartered as a college in 1861. Wellesley College was chartered in 1870 as the Wellesley Female Seminary, and was renamed Wellesley College in 1873. It opened to students in 1875. Smith College was chartered in 1871 and opened its doors in 1875.
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WZLY (91.5 FM) is a non-commercial radio station broadcasting a college radio format. Licensed to Wellesley, Massachusetts, United States, the station is staffed by students of and is owned by Wellesley College. [2] [3] The student organization that hosts radio shows and maintains the broadcast is also known as WZLY.
Wellesley (/ ˈ w ɛ l z l i /) is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. Wellesley is part of Greater Boston. The population was 29,550 at the time of the 2020 census. [3] Wellesley College, Babson College, and a campus of Massachusetts Bay Community College are located in the town.
Alice Freeman Palmer (born Alice Elvira Freeman; February 21, 1855 – December 6, 1902) was an American educator.As Alice Freeman, she was president of Wellesley College from 1881 to 1887, when she left to marry the Harvard professor George Herbert Palmer.
The following list of people have served as president of Wellesley College, a private women's liberal arts college located in Wellesley, Massachusetts. The current president is Paula A. Johnson. [1] Over the past 140 years of Wellesley College's operation, there have been fourteen presidents. [2] All of the previous presidents have been women.