Person:Mary Lyon (75)

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Mary Mason Lyon (; 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.

1. ↑ Buckland, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Buckland, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849. (Salem, Massachusetts: Essex Institute, 1934)
   p. 32.

   LYON, Mary, "founder of Mt. Holyoke College", d. Aaron, [born] Feb. 28, 1797. PR30

2. ↑ Massachusetts, United States. Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915
   [1].

   Deaths registered in the town of South Hadley for the year, 1849.
   No.: 3
   Date of Death: March 6 1849
   Name: Mary Lyon
   Age: 52
   Place of Death: South Hadley
   Sex and Condition: Single Female
   Occupation: Principal of the M H Fem Seminary
   Place of Birth: Buckland
   Parents: [blank]
   Cause: Erysipelas

3. ↑ Find A Grave: Mount Holyoke College Burial Site, in Find A Grave
   Mary Lyon.

   MARY LYON
   The founder of
   Mount Holyoke
   Female Seminary
   and for twelve years,
   its Principal.
   A Teacher
   for thirty five years:
   and of more than
   three thousand Pupils.
   Born Feb. 28, 1797,
   Died March 5, 1849.