Mary Lyon
Mary Lyon
Mary Mason Lyonwas an American pioneer in women's education. She established the Wheaton Female Seminary in Norton, Massachusetts,in 1834. She then established Mount Holyoke Female Seminaryin South Hadley, Massachusetts in 1837 and served as its first presidentfor 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...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEducator
Date of Birth28 February 1797
CountryUnited States of America
Nine-tenths of our suffering is caused by others not thinking so much of us as we think they ought.
I wanted someone who would be a public person and understand the public role of the dean, and that he certainly does,
If anyone thinks he has no responsibilities, it is because he has not sought them out.
I don't begin to appreciate the depth of all the politics.
When you choose your fields of labor go where nobody else is willing to go.
There is nothing in the universe that I fear, but that I shall not know all my duty, or shall fail to do it.
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