Mary Lyon
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Mary Mason Lyon was an American pioneer in women's education. She advised on the establishment of Wheaton Female Seminary in Norton, Massachusetts, in 1834. She then established Mount Holyoke Female S
Portrait of Mary Lyon, 1832
Lyon c. 1845
Mary Lyon's grave on the Mount Holyoke campus
South Hadley, Massachusetts
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South Hadley is a town in Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 18,150 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Springfield metropolitan area, Massachusetts. The town is sout
Mary Lyon
…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…
The First Congregational Church and, in the background, the South Hadley Post Office and Village Commons
A flatboat typical of those used in the South Hadley Canal through the early 19th century
Mount Holyoke College campus in South Hadley, winter 2016.
Gaylord Memorial Library