Smith College

 is an all-womens undergraduate institution located in Northampton, Massachusetts. Founded in 1871 by Sophia Smith, Smith joins Wellesley College, Mount Holyoke College, Radcliffe College, Barnard College, Vassar College, and Bryn Mawr College as one of the Seven Sister schools, thought to be the "ivy league" of women's colleges when most ivy's were male-only. Notable Smith alumnae include chef Julia Child, feminists Betty Friedan and Gloria Steinem, poet and writer Sylvia Plath '55, Margaret Mitchell (author of Gone With the Wind), Barbara Bush, Nancy Reagan, and Julie Nixon Eisenhower.