See also:

• MARY
• MARY (1457-1482)
• MARY (1496-1533)
• MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS

MARY See also:

• MASON, FRANCIS (1799—1874)
• MASON, GEORGE (1725—1792)
• MASON, GEORGE HEMMING (1818–1872)
• MASON, JAMES MURRAY (1798-1871)
• MASON, JOHN (1586-1635)
• MASON, JOHN YOUNG (1799-1859)
• MASON, LOWELL (1792—1872)
• MASON, SIR JOHN (1503–1566)
• MASON, SIR JOSIAH (1795-1881)
• MASON, WILLIAM (1725—1797)

MASON See also:

• MARY MASON LYON (1797-1849)
• LYON, NATHANIEL (1818-1861)

LYON (1797-1849)  , See also:

• AMERICAN

American educationalist, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born on the 28th of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1797 on a See also:

• FARM

farm near See also:

• BUCKLAND, FRANCIS TREVELYAN (1826–188o)
• BUCKLAND, WILLIAM (1784–1856)

Buckland, See also:

• FRANKLIN
• FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN (1706-1790)
• FRANKLIN, SIR JOHN (1786-1847)
• FRANKLIN, WILLIAM BUEL (1823-1903)

Franklin See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county, See also:

• MASSACHUSETTS (an Indian name, originally applied to a tribe of Indians)

Massachusetts . She began to See also:

• TEACH [THATCH OR THACH], EDWARD (d. 1718)

teach when shewas seventeen, and in 1817, with the earnings from her See also:

• SPINNING (from O. Eng. spinnen, to spin, cf. Ger. spinnen, &c., the Teut. root is seen, to draw out, cf. span, spider)

spinning and See also:

• WEAVING

weaving, she went to See also:

• SANDERSON, ROBERT (1587-1663)

Sanderson See also:

• ACADEMY, GREEK
• ACADEMY, ROYAL

Academy, Ashfield . She supported herself there, at See also:

• AMHERST
• AMHERST, JEFFREY AMHERST, BARON (1717-1797)

Amherst Academy, where she spent one See also:

• TERM

term, and at the girls' school in Byfield, established in 1819 by See also:

• JOSEPH
• JOSEPH, COMTE DE (1785-1870)
• JOSEPH, FATHER (FRANCOIS LECLERC DU TREMBLAY) (1577-1638)

Joseph See also:

• EMERSON, RALPH WALDO (1803-1882)
• EMERSON, WILLIAM (1701-1782)

Emerson (1777-1833), where she went in 1821, by teaching in See also:

• DISTRICT

district See also:

• SCHOOLS

schools and by conducting informal normal schools . In 1822-1824 she was assistant See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal of Sanderson Academy, and then taught in See also:

• MISS

Miss Zilpah P . See also:

• GRANT (from A.-Fr. graunter, O. Fr. greanter for creanter, popular Lat. creantare, for credentare, to entrust, Lat. credere, to believe, trust)
• GRANT, ANNE (1755-1838)
• GRANT, CHARLES (1746-1823)
• GRANT, GEORGE MONRO (1835–1902)
• GRANT, JAMES (1822–1887)
• GRANT, JAMES AUGUSTUS (1827–1892)
• GRANT, ROBERT (1814-1892)
• GRANT, SIR ALEXANDER
• GRANT, SIR FRANCIS (1803-1878)
• GRANT, SIR JAMES HOPE (1808–1895)
• GRANT, SIR PATRICK (1804-1895)
• GRANT, U
• GRANT, ULYSSES SIMPSON (1822-1885)

Grant's See also:

• ADAMS
• ADAMS, ANDREW LEITH (1827-1882)
• ADAMS, CHARLES FRANCIS (1807-1886)
• ADAMS, HENRY (1838— )
• ADAMS, HENRY CARTER (1852— )
• ADAMS, HERBERT (i858— )
• ADAMS, HERBERT BAXTER (1850—1901)
• ADAMS, JOHN (1735–1826)
• ADAMS, JOHN QUINCY (1767-1848)
• ADAMS, SAMUEL (1722-1803)
• ADAMS, THOMAS (d. c. 1655)
• ADAMS, WILLIAM (d. 162o)

Adams See also:

• FEMALE

Female Academy, in See also:

• LONDONDERRY
• LONDONDERRY, CHARLES WILLIAM STEWART (VANE), 3RD MARQUESS
• LONDONDERRY, EARLS AND MARQUESSES OF
• LONDONDERRY, or DERRY
• LONDONDERRY, ROBERT STEWART, 2ND MARQUESS OF (1769-1822)

Londonderry (now Derry), N.H . This school had only summer sessions, and Miss See also:

• LYON, MARY MASON (1797-1849)
• LYON, NATHANIEL (1818-1861)

Lyon spent her winters in teaching, especially at Buckland and at Ashfield, and in studying See also:

• CHEMISTRY
• CHEMISTRY (formerly "chymistry"; Gr. xvµela; for derivation see ALCHEMY)

chemistry and natural See also:

• SCIENCE (Lat. scientia, from scire; to learn, know)

science with See also:

• EDWARD

Edward See also:

• HITCHCOCK
• HITCHCOCK, GEORGE (1850-- )
• HITCHCOCK, ROSWELL DWIGHT (1817–1887)

Hitchcock, the geologist . In 1828-1834 she taught in Miss Grant's school, which in 1828 had been removed to See also:

• IPSWICH

Ipswich, and for two years managed the school in Miss Grant's See also:

• ABSENCE (Lat. absentia)

absence . In 1828-183o she had kept up her See also:

• WINTER, JOHN STRANGE
• WINTER, PETER (c. 1755-1825)

winter " normal " school at Buckland, and this was the beginning of her greater See also:

• PLAN
• PLAN (from Lat. planes, flat)

plan, " a permanent institution consecrated to the training of See also:

• YOUNG
• YOUNG, A
• YOUNG, ARTHUR (1741-1820)
• YOUNG, BRIGHAM (1801-1877)
• YOUNG, CHARLES MAYNE (1777–1856)
• YOUNG, EDWARD (1683–1765)
• YOUNG, JAMES (1811-1883)
• YOUNG, THOMAS (1773-1829)

young See also:

• WOMEN

women for usefulness . . . designed to furnish every See also:

• ADVANTAGE

advantage which the See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state of See also:

• EDUCATION

education in this See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country will allow . . . to put within reach of students of moderate means such opportunities that none can find better." She was assisted by Dr Hitchcock, and her own mystical See also:

• ENTHUSIASM

enthusiasm and See also:

• PRACTICAL

practical See also:

• COMMON

common sense secured for her plan ready See also:

• FINANCIAL

financial support . In 1835 a site was selected near the See also:

• VILLAGE

village of See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South See also:

• HADLEY
• HADLEY, ARTHUR TWINING (1856– )
• HADLEY, JAMES (1821–1872)

Hadley and See also:

• MOUNT, WILLIAM SIDNEY (1807-1868)

Mount See also:

• HOLYOKE

Holyoke; in 1836 the school was incorporated as Mount Holyoke Female See also:

• SEMINARY (Lat. seminarium, from semen, seed)

Seminary; and on the 8th of See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1837 it opened with See also:

• MARY
• MARY (1457-1482)
• MARY (1496-1533)
• MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS

Mary Lyon as principal, and, as assistant, Miss Eunice Caldwell, afterwards well known as Mrs J . P .

Cowles of Ipswich Academy . Miss Lyon died at Mount Holyoke on the 5th of See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 1849, having served nearly twelve years as principal of the seminary, on a See also:

• SALARY

salary of $20o a See also:

• YEAR

year . From her See also:

• WORK

work at Holyoke sprang See also:

• MODERN

modern higher education for women in See also:

• AMERICA

America . See Edward Hitchcock, See also:

• LIFE

Life and Labors of Mary Lyon (1851); B . B . Gilchrist, Life of Mary Lyon (See also:

• BOSTON
• BOSTON, THOMAS (1676-1732)

Boston, 191o) .