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Sweet Briar College, a liberal arts college for women, opened in 1906 and granted its first Bachelor of Arts degrees in 1910. It was established under the will of Indiana Fletcher Williams as a memorial to her only daughter, Daisy. The college is located on a 2800-acre tract of land acquired by Elijah Fletcher before 1830, where the eighteenth century homestead, remodeled and named "Sweet Briar House" by the Fletchers, is set in a boxwood garden.
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