Emma Willard — educator and historian
![[Reward of merit for neatness and order given to Mary Morgan]](https://exhibits.library.duke.edu/files/original/7ea841ddd26a6cdf17ee583e98a79fa3.jpg "[Reward of merit for neatness and order given to Mary Morgan]")
- Creator(s):
- Troy Female Seminary
- Title:
- [Reward of merit for neatness and order given to Mary Morgan]
- Publication/Origin:
- 1823
- Description:
- Following her husband’s financial losses, historian, educator, and writer Emma Willard established a boarding school in her home in Middlebury, Vermont. In 1821 she opened the Troy Female Seminary, offering women a college preparatory education on par with that available to men. The curriculum included science, mathematics, geography, and philosophy. The school was funded by the Common Council of Troy, New York. Elizabeth Cady Stanton was educated at the Troy Female Seminary, although Willard did not support the suffrage movement. The school remains open today as The Emma Willard School.
- Citation:
- Troy Female Seminary, [Reward of merit for neatness and order given to Mary Morgan], 1823, Lisa Unger Baskin Collection, Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University. Accessed April 18, 2025, https://exhibits.library.duke.edu/exhibits/show/baskin/item/4099