Mary Lyon
Standard Name: Lyon, Mary
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Education | Emily Dickinson | ED
received a secondary school education from the Amherst Academy
and spent one year at Mount Holyoke Female Seminary
, then run by Mary Lyon
. Both emphasized religious training, but she also studied foreign... |
Timeline
1836
Mount Holyoke Female Seminary
(later Mount Holyoke College) was founded at South Hadley, Maryland, by Mary Lyon
: the first post-secondary educational institution for women in the USA.