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Emma Willard.
American educator and women's rights activist, 1787-1870
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About Emma Willard
Emma Willard was an American female education activist who dedicated her life to education. She worked in several schools and founded the first school for women's higher education in the United States, 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 seminary was renamed the Emma Willard School in 1895 in her honor.
Everything about Emma Willard →- Occupation
- textbook writer, head teacher, women's rights activist, cartographer
- Position held
- head teacher
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- February 23, 1787
- Died
- April 15, 1870