Radcliffe College was a women's liberal arts college in Cambridge, Massachusetts, that was founded in 1879. In 1999, it was fully incorporated into Harvard College.
Radcliffe College
Fay House, one of the college's first buildings, and the gymnasium in c. 1904
A radio science class at Radcliffe College in 1922
Byerly Hall, built in 1932
Women's colleges in the United States
Women's colleges in the United States are private single-sex U.S. institutions of higher education that only admit female students. They are often liberal arts colleges. There are approximately 26 active women's colleges in the United States in 2024, down from a peak of 281 such colleges in the 1960s.
Scripps College in Claremont, California
Wesleyan College
Vassar College in 1862
Agnes Scott College