“REMINISCENCES," in The Berkshire Courier,
Great Barrington, Massachusetts, Thursday 20 March 1913,
volume LXXIX, no. 12, pages 1, 8
Mt Holyoke Seminary was a new institution, founded in 1837. Their website has the history for anyone who is interested in what Mary Lyon did as is founder and first "principal" for an institution for women which began during an economic depression.
When its doors finally opened on November 8, 1837, Mount Holyoke Female Seminary embodied two major innovations in women's education. It instituted rigorous academic entrance requirements and a demanding curriculum conspicuously free of instruction of domestic pursuits. And it was endowed, thus ensuring its permanence and securing the principle of higher learning for future generations of women. With this remarkable achievement, Mary Lyon proved herself true to the words she would become renowned for: Go where no one else will go. Do what no one else will do.
So what was life like for a college student in 1844?
What did it take to for a woman to attend college in 1844?
Mount Holyoke College Archives and Special Collections.
The Senior and part of the Middle classes.
The Middle and part of the Junior classes.
Continuing with the Junior class.
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