SOPHIA SMITH

SMITH COLLEGE LOCATED IN NORTH HAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTES RECEIVED ITS NAME BECAUSE OF A PRICELESS GIFT GIVEN BY SOPHIA SMITH IN 1870. AT THE AGE OF 40 SOPHIA SMITH BECAME DEAF AND WAS SOON TO BE THE LAST OF HER IMMEDIATE FAMILY. AFTER SPEAKING WITH HER PASTOR SHE DECIDED THAT UPON HER DEATH HER MONEY WOULD BE ENDOWED TO ...CREATE A SCHOOL FOR WOMEN THAT WOULD BE EQUAL TO THE EDUCATION THAT WAS PROVIDED FOR MEN. OVER 60,000 WOMEN HAVE ATTENDED SMITH COLLEGE FROM AROUND THE WORLD. IN 2000 SOPHIA SMITH WAS INDUCTED INTO THE NATIONAL WOMEN'S HALL OF FAME FOR BEING A PIONEER FOR THE EQUAL RIGHTS FOR WOMEN AND EDUCATION.