Simmons College
an institution for the higher education of women, founded in Boston, in 1899, from bequests left by John Simmons, a Boston merchant, who died in 1870. It was opened in 1902. Its courses include household economics, secretarial and library studies, general science, philanthropic work, salesmanship, nursing, etc. There were in 1919 125 instructors and 1,111 students. President, H. LeFavour, Ph.D.