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Mary Lyon
Portrait of Mary Lyon, 1832
1st President of Mount Holyoke College (Founder and Principal)
In office 1837–1849
Succeeded by
Mary C. Whitman
Personal details
Born
February 28, 1797 near Buckland, Massachusetts
Died
March 5, 1849(1849-03-05) (aged 52) South Hadley, Massachusetts
Resting place
Mount Holyoke College
Mary Mason Lyon (/ˈlaɪ.ən/; February 28, 1797 – March 5, 1849) was an American pioneer in women's education. She established the Wheaton Female Seminary in Norton, Massachusetts, (now Wheaton College) in 1834. She then established Mount Holyoke Female Seminary (now Mount Holyoke College) in South Hadley, Massachusetts, in 1837 and served as its first president (or "principal") for 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.
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