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Emma Hart Willard
Birth: 2-23-1787
Death: 4-15-1870
Biography
American women's rights activist who dedicated her life to education. She worked in several schools and founded the first school for women’s higher education, the Troy Female Seminary in Troy, New York. With the success of her school, Willard was able to travel across the country and abroad, to promote education for women. The Troy Female Seminary was renamed the Emma Willard School in 1895 in her honor. - wiki
Letter References
Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, November 28, 1834
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, February 1, 1831
Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, January 29, 1831
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, March 17, 1831
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American women's rights activist who dedicated her life to education. She worked in several schools and founded the first school for women’s higher education, the Troy Female Seminary in Troy, New York. With the success of her school, Willard was able to travel across the country and abroad, to promote education for women. The Troy Female Seminary was renamed the Emma Willard School in 1895 in her honor. - wiki
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