Sweet Briar College is a liberal arts women's college in Sweet Briar, Virginia, United States, about 12 miles (19 km) north of Lynchburg, Virginia. The school's Latin motto translates as: "She who has earned the rose may bear it."
The college is on 3,250 acres (13,152,283 m2) donated by the founding family of Indiana Fletcher Williams.
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