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Sophia Smith founded Smith CollegeSmith College

Smith College, located in Northampton, Massachusetts, is the largest women's college in the United States....
 in 1870 with the substantial estate she inherited from her father and siblings.

DeafDeaf

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 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 DeafClarke School for the Deaf

The Clarke School for the Deaf was founded in 1867 in Northampton, Massachusetts as the first permanent oral school for the ...
 opened in NorthamptonNorthampton, Massachusetts Overview

Northampton is a city in Hampshire County, Massachusetts in the USA....
, MassachusettsMassachusetts

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States....
 in 1868. Encouraged by the Reverend John Morton Greene, she decided to endow a women's collegeWomen's college

In higher education, a women's college is a college whose students are exclusively women....
 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, MassachusettsHatfield, Massachusetts Overview

Hatfield is a town in Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States....

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