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Smith College is a private liberal arts women's college in Northampton, Massachusetts, United States. It was chartered in 1871 by Sophia Smith and opened in 1875. It is a member of the historic Seven
A view of Smith's campus c. 1900
Paradise Pond with portion of athletic fields visible (center left)
Smith's campus as it appears today
Ada Comstock, class of 1897
Sylvia Plath
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Sylvia Plath was an American poet and author. She is credited with advancing the genre of confessional poetry and her works include The Colossus and Other Poems, Ariel, and The Bell Jar, a semi-autobi
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…Natalie Babbitt (class of 1954): notable illustrator and author of Tuck Everlasting Sylvia Plath (class of 1955): poet, novelist, and short story author Gloria Steinem (class of 1956): founder of Ms. magazine and noted feminist, activist, and…
Sylvia Plath
Sidgwick Hall at Newnham College, Cambridge
Plath's stay at McLean Hospital inspired her novel The Bell Jar
Chalcot Square, near Primrose Hill in London, Plath and Hughes's home from 1959