Founded a College

Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 6626, 12 August 1931, Page 10

Founded a College

Who: MARY LYON. Where : The United States. When: Eighteenth to nineteenth Centuries. Why famous: An American e u tor who was the founder and first can colleges for women. She herseii had no educational opportunities beyond those afforded by tbe village schools of her native J uck^ d ' h ff t 0 oa there was need lor ner tu help her family financially, she had titled herself to teach by the time she was 18. They gave her a position a ttTwelf And" oJt "That sum put away money enough to permit ter Jo t« r or f“ir “SS SffiV ,0 hours ot«hef *or _ time she was associated with a nov. Joseph Emerson of Newburyport Moss who held the outlandish belief that young women should enjoy equal SXS advantage, tnth young *Si« later on to Amherst, Mass to study chemistry, Mary Lyon became acquainted with another of Dr. Emerson’ pupils - a “female academy” at Deny, in-cl., thich academy is held to have been the first school for girls which offered a systematic course of study, wit Paginations for admission to tho different grades, and whieh g diplomas in recognition ot achieved. Miss Lyon Miss Grant in her work, first at -Derry and later at Ipswich, Mass.; thenl in 1834 Rfie courageously resigned and get about the task of raising money for a school of her own. , The task demanded hardihood and faith abounded, in the face of malice and ridicule and disapproval. But Pah faith ns Mar, Lyo«’s wonM not be denied. She succeeded. In October 3836 the corner stone of the origin building of Mount Holyoke Seminary S Md at Booth Hadley, Masst M.ss By on's principalship lasted for 12 X, during which time she Personally directed several thousand pupils and laid the solid foundations for. the Patent prosperous Mount Holyoke College. __