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Mount Holyoke College is a private liberal arts women's college in South Hadley, Massachusetts, United States. [11] It is the oldest member of the historic Seven Sisters colleges, a group of historically female colleges in the Northeastern United States. [12] The college was founded in 1837 as the Mount Holyoke Female Seminary by Mary Lyon, a ...
March 5, 1849. (1849-03-05) (aged 52) South Hadley, Massachusetts. Resting place. Mount Holyoke College. Mary Mason Lyon (/ ˈlaɪ.ən /; 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.
In 1837, Lyon founded Mount Holyoke Female Seminary (Mount Holyoke College). [16] Mount Holyoke received its collegiate charter in 1888 and became Mount Holyoke Seminary and College. It became Mount Holyoke College in 1893. Vassar, however, was the first of the Seven Sisters to be chartered as a college in 1861. Wellesley College was chartered ...
Brown University. Profession. Professor. Mary Emma Woolley (July 13, 1863 – September 5, 1947) was an American educator, peace activist and women's suffrage supporter. She was the first female student to attend Brown University and served as the 10th President of Mount Holyoke College from 1900 to 1937.
Yau Tsit Law, 1916 - dean of women, Lingnan University. Pauline Tompkins, 1941 - former president, Cedar Crest College. Barbara M. White, 1941 - former president, Mills College. Alice Stone Ilchman 1957 - former president, Sarah Lawrence College. Elizabeth Topham Kennan, 1960 - former president, Mount Holyoke College.
Website. Mt. Holyoke College Archives. Mary Ann Brigham (6 December 1829 – 29 June 1889) was an American educator who, after teaching for a few years, was elected President of Mount Holyoke College in 1889, but died in a railway accident before she could take up her appointment." [ 1]
First academic dean of Mount Holyoke College Harriett M. Allyn (4 May 1883 [ 1 ] [ 2 ] – 7 July 1957) [ 3 ] was an American zoologist, [ 4 ] anthropologist, and college administrator. [ 5 ] She was the first academic dean of Mount Holyoke College , appointed in 1929.
Danielle R. Holley (born c. 1974) [1] is an American academic administrator serving as the 20th President of Mount Holyoke College. Her term began on July 1, 2023, with her official inauguration taking place on September 21, 2023. She is the first Black woman to be permanently appointed President of the College.