When this college, located in South Hadley, Massachusetts was founded in 1837, it was the first institute of higher education for women in the United States. Today it is still a woman's college with about 2000 students. What is the name?

Founded in 1837 by the pioneering educator Mary Lyon, Mount Holyoke Female Seminary was a revolutionary institution for its time. Lyon’s vision was to create a permanent school of higher learning for women that offered a curriculum as academically rigorous as those found at men's colleges. Located in South Hadley, Massachusetts, it was designed to be affordable for students from modest backgrounds and quickly became a model for women's education across the United States.

The seminary's success and academic excellence led to it being chartered as Mount Holyoke College in 1893. It is the oldest institution within the Seven Sisters, a group of historically elite women's colleges in the Northeast that also includes Vassar, Smith, and Wellesley. Today, Mount Holyoke proudly continues its founding mission, operating as a private liberal arts women's college for its diverse student body, carrying on the legacy established nearly two centuries ago.