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'''Smith College''' is a [[Private university|private]] [[Liberal arts colleges in the United States|liberal arts]] [[Women's colleges in the United States|women's college]] in [[Northampton, Massachusetts]]. It was chartered in 1871 by [[Sophia Smith (Smith College)|Sophia Smith]] and opened in 1875. It is a member of the historic [[Seven Sisters (colleges)|Seven Sisters]] colleges, a group of elite women's colleges in the Northeastern United States. Smith is also a member of the [[Five College Consortium]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fivecolleges.edu |title=Five Colleges, Incorporated: Home |publisher=Fivecolleges.edu |access-date=2016-09-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160913145340/https://www.fivecolleges.edu/ |archive-date=2016-09-13 |url-status=live }}</ref> with four other institutions in the Pioneer Valley: [[Mount Holyoke College]], [[Amherst College]], [[Hampshire College]], and the [[University of Massachusetts Amherst]];<ref>[http://www.fivecolleges.edu] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191216091104/https://www.fivecolleges.edu/|date=2019-12-16}} Five College Consortium website. "Accessed July 9, 2009"</ref> students of each college are allowed to attend classes at any other member institution. On campus are Smith's [[Smith College Museum of Art|Museum of Art]] and [[The Botanic Garden of Smith College|Botanic Garden]], the latter designed by [[Frederick Law Olmsted]].
Smith has 50 academic departments and programs and is structured around an open curriculum, with requirements being a writing intensive class during the first year and the fulfillment of a major. The college is known for rigorous academics. Examinations vary from self-scheduled exams, scheduled exams, and take-home exams. Undergraduate admissions are exclusively restricted to women, although Smith announced a trans-inclusive admissions policy in 2015.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2015-05-02|title=Smith College Now Admits Trans Students|url=http://www.advocate.com/politics/transgender/2015/05/02/smith-college-now-admits-trans-students|access-date=2022-01-13|website=www.advocate.com|language=en|archive-date=2021-11-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211120081123/https://www.advocate.com/politics/transgender/2015/05/02/smith-college-now-admits-trans-students|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Smith College: Admission Policy Study Group|url=https://www.smith.edu/studygroup/faq.php|access-date=2022-01-13|website=www.smith.edu|archive-date=2015-05-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150505024650/https://www.smith.edu/studygroup/faq.php|url-status=dead}}</ref> Smith offers several graduate degrees, all of which accept applicants regardless of gender, and co-administers programs alongside other Five College Consortium members. The college was the first historically women's college to offer an undergraduate engineering degree.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.smith.edu/newsoffice/releases/03-070.html|title=Blazing A Trail For Women, Smith College Prepares To Graduate The Country's First All-Female Class Of Engineers|website=www.smith.edu|date=April 20, 2004|access-date=June 8, 2020|archive-date=July 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200711042342/https://www.smith.edu/newsoffice/releases/03-070.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Admissions are considered selective. It was the first women's college to join the [[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA]], and its sports teams are known as the Pioneers.
Smith alumnae include notable authors, journalists, activists, feminists, politicians, investors, philanthropists, actresses, filmmakers, academics, businesswomen, CEOs, two [[list of first ladies of the United States|First Ladies of the United States]], and recipients of the [[Pulitzer Prize]], [[Rhodes Scholarship]], [[Academy Award]], [[Emmy Award]], [[MacArthur Grant]], [[Peabody Award]], and [[Tony Award]].
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