Emma Willard was an American female education activist who dedicated her life to education. She worked in several schools and founded the first school for women's higher education in the United States, the Troy Female Seminary in Troy, New York. Wikipedia
Born: February 23, 1787, Berlin, CT
Died: April 15, 1870 (age 83 years), Troy, NY
Parents: Lydia Hinsdale Hart and Samuel Hart
Siblings: Almira Lincoln Phelps
Books
A Plan for Improving Female Education
History of the United States, or Republic of America
1834
An address to the public, particularly to the members of the legislature of New-York, proposing a plan for improving female education
1819
Universal History in Perspective
1845
American History
Journal and Letters: From France and Great-Britain
1833