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- 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. With the success of her school, Willard was able to travel across the country and abroad to promote education for women. The seminary was renamed the Emma Willard School in 1895 in her honor.
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In 1814, just 26 years old and bearing a financial burden from her father's passing and outstanding debts, Emma Willard opened a new kind of boarding school for intellectually curious women out of her home in Middlebury.
Emma Willard School’s commitment to educating motivated, intellectually-curious young women is grounded in our history as the first school of higher learning for girls.
Emma Willard School, originally called Troy Female Seminary [3] and often referred to simply as Emma, is an independent university-preparatory day and boarding school for young women located in Troy, New York. Located on Mount Ida, it offers grades 9–12 and postgraduate coursework. [4]
Aug 13, 2024 · At Emma Willard School, grassroots efforts toward sustainable practices and education have been growing for some time. When the school wrote its 2021–2026 strategic plan, Leading with Purpose, sustainability became ingrained in our vision for the future.
Troy Female Seminary, American educational institution, established in 1821 by Emma Hart Willard in Troy, New York, the first in the country founded to provide young women with an education comparable to that of college-educated young men. At the time of the seminary’s founding, women were barred.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
In 1838 Willard retired from the academy to devote her time to improving public schools. She organized teachers’ conventions; developed model schools; and gave lectures on teaching, textbooks, and the need for adequate teacher salaries and proper schoolhouses.
Emma Willard School is a living and learning community where girls develop self-agency and learn to define themselves, stand by their convictions, and discover what they can and will do.
