Mary Lyon
American educator (1797-1849) · United States · Educators · Died at 52
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Something wrong?Mary Mason Lyon was an American pioneer in women's education. She advised on the establishment of Wheaton Female Seminary in Norton, Massachusetts, in 1834. She then established Mount Holyoke Female Seminary in South Hadley, Massachusetts, in 1837 and served as its first president for 12 years.
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Mary Mason Lyon was an American pioneer in women's education. She advised on the establishment of Wheaton Female Seminary in Norton, Massachusetts, in 1834. She then established Mount Holyoke Female Seminary in South Hadley, Massachusetts, in 1837 and served as its first president for 12 years. Lyon's vision fused intellectual challenge and moral purpose. She valued socioeconomic diversity and endeavored to make the seminary affordable for students of modest means.
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