His daughter returned from her boarding school, improved in fashionable airs and expert in manufacturing fashionable toys; but, in her conversation, he sought in vain for that refined and fertile mind which he had fondly expected.
About Emma Willard
Emma Willardwas 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.
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In inquiring concerning the benefits of the plan proposed, I shall proceed upon the supposition that female seminaries will be patronized throughout our country.
American educator and women's rights activist, 1787-1870
Aware that his disappointment has its source in a defective education, he looks with anxiety on his other daughters, whose minds, like lovely buds, are beginning to open. Where shall he find a genial soil in which he may place them to expand?
American educator and women's rights activist, 1787-1870
His daughter returned from her boarding school, improved in fashionable airs and expert in manufacturing fashionable toys; but, in her conversation, he sought in vain for that refined and fertile mind which he had fondly expected.
American educator and women's rights activist, 1787-1870