<p>A book I read the other day mentioned "Radcliffe" as an Ivy League school. I've never heard of it, and it's not in any of my college books. As far as I know, there's only 8 Ivies. :confused:</p>
<p>Radcliffe was considered one of the "seven sisters" before it merged with Harvard.</p>
<p>Oh, so it doesn't exist independently anymore? No wonder I couldn't find it. Thanks! :)</p>
<p>Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Columbia, Brown, and Dartmouth were all-male bastions until very recently in their histories. Not only were women not allowed to enroll, in many cases they were banned from many of the facilities. Some of the schools had all-female "sister-schools" -- Radcliffe for Harvard, Pembroke for Brown, Barnard for Columbia. </p>
<p>Since then, Radcliffe has been absorbed by Harvard. The old Radcliff campus now serves as, somewhat remote, Harvard housing. Pembroke was similarly absorbed by Brown. Barnard College still exists as a semi-autonomous part of Columbia University.</p>
<p>The top womens colleges (Radcliffe, Vassar, Wellesley, Smith, Mt. Holyoke, Barnard, and Bryn Mawr) were known as the "Seven Sisters". Of these, Radcliffe has essentiall gone out of business. Vassar is co-ed. The others remain all-women.</p>