Hartford College for Women

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Hartford College for Women

Motto	Sibi constantem esse (To make them steady)
Type	Liberal arts women's college
Active	1933–2003
Endowment	The father of Professor and author Oliver Butterworth bought the 13 acres property in the west end of Hartford and donated it to the college and maintained the college until his death in the early 1980s. He was a distinguished philanthropist who was interested in assuring that the women of the Greater Hartford area had the opportunity to obtain a higher education. It was Mr. Butterworth who made Hartford College for Women possible. When Mr. Butterworth died in the early 1980s, a cherry tree was planted in the grounds of the property in his memory. Mr. Butterworth was an elegant, highly educated man and very wealthy but he was not pretentious, he was humble. Instead of building a statue in his honor, a cherry tree was planted.
Dean	Mrs. Davis
Academic staff	Oliver Butterworth, English Professor; Alfredo Gomez Gil, Spanish Professor, Rudolph E. Haffner, Biology Professor, Truda Kushman – Dance Instructor.
Location	Hartford , Connecticut , USA
Campus	13 acres (53,000 m2)
Nickname	HCW

The Hartford College for Women (or HCW) was a two-year private college for women located in Hartford, Connecticut. It was opened in 1933, became a constituent college of the University of Hartford (UHart) in 1991, and closed in 2003.