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School Name: Spelman College

Location: Atlanta, Georgia

Year Founded: 1881

Number of Students: 2, 170 undergraduate/100% female students

Specialty Programs: Women’s Research And Resource Center

Greek Life:

Sororities: Alpha Kappa Alpha Inc., Delta Sigma Theta, Gamma Sigma Sigma, Tau Beta Sigma National Honor Society, Zeta Phi Beta, Sigma Gamma Rho

Alumni: Audry F. Manley (former U.S. Surgeon General), Alice Walker (author of The Color Purple), Maj. Gen Marcelite J. Harris (first black female general of the U.S. Air Force)

What You May Not Know About Spelman College: Spelman is the first HBCU for women only.

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