EMMA February 23, 1787 - April 15 1870

WILLARD
INTRODUCTION
Emma Hart Willard is a known American educational activist
that found the first women’s school, known as the “Troy
Female Seminary” (1871) in the United States with high
education.

EDUCATION
Willard thought that women were capable of
understanding subjects other than those found at finishing
schools, such as philosophy and mathematics. She fought
for the first women's college because she was so
passionate about women's education.

WOMEN RIGHTS
Willard was not a supporter of the mid-19th century
women's suffrage movement, regardless of her current
standing in women's history. She thought that women's
education was a much more important issue.

PROPOSAL
She proposed “a plan for improving female education” to
help improve the education of women with nonviolent
techniques.

SPAND TIMING
After her propose, luckily she later helped over 12,000
women with education in the time span of the first 50
years.

PUBLICATION
She published letters and journals from Great Britain
and France. She would show the lack of quality of
French women's schools in comparison to American
ones.

SUPPORT
Famous political figures like John Adams, Thomas
Jefferson, and James Monroe noticed to her academic
accomplishments and offered their support for her
educational reforms.

CONCLUSION
Emma traveled extensively in her senior years, fighting for
women to have equal access to education as men. She
also published a large number of articles about
education. She passed away in Troy, New York, on April
15, 1870, and was buried to rest in Oakwood Cemetery.

work cited:
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Emma-Willard
https://www.womenofthehall.org/inductee/emma-hart-willard/
https://connecticuthistory.org/emma-hart-willard-leader-in-womens-education/