Sophia Smith
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'''Sophia Smith''' ([[August 27]], [[1796]] in [[Hatfield, Massachusetts]] - [[June 12]], [[1870]]) founded [[Smith College]] in [[1870]] with the substantial estate she inherited from her father and siblings.
[[Deaf]] since age 40, Smith initially considered endowing her fortune to an institute for the deaf, but changed her mind when the [[Clarke School for the Deaf]] opened in [[Northampton, Massachusetts|Northampton]], [[Massachusetts]] in [[1868]]. Encouraged by the Reverend [[John Morton Greene]], she decided to endow a [[women's college]] instead. Upon her death on [[June 12]], [[1870]], her fortune was willed to endow Smith College, which opened its doors in [[1875]]. She also left money for the establishment of coeducational high school in her hometown of [[Hatfield, Massachusetts]]
== External links ==
*[http://www.smith.edu Smith College]
*[http://www.smith.edu/libraries/libs/ssc/home.html Sophia Smith Collection - Women's History Archive at Smith College]
*[http://clio.fivecolleges.edu/smith/sophia/ 'A Perennial Blessing' - Celebrating Sophia Smith']
*[http://www.hatfieldpublicschools.net/smith/index.htm]
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