an educational institution for women, founded at Cambridge, Mass., in 1879, by the Society for the Collegiate Instruction of Women. It was at first known as the Harvard Annex, though it had no official relations with Harvard University until 1894, when by act of the General Court of Massachusetts its name was changed to Radcliffe College, in honor of Ann Radcliffe, the first woman to give a money endowment to Harvard. The requirements for admission and for degrees are identical with those of Harvard College, and the courses of instruction, which in the main are duplicates of those in Harvard College, are given for the most part by members of the Harvard University faculties. The attendance is about 500.