Emma Willard
At a glance:
- Series: Dictionary of World Biography: The 19th Century
- Categories: Women’s Issues, Education
- Subcategories: Civil Rights, Minority Rights, Minorities, Teaching, Teachers, Feminism, Feminists, Women’s Rights, Gender Issues, Sexism
- Curriculum: Women’s History, American History 1816-1855, American Civil War & Reconstruction Era (1856-1877), American Early National History (1789-1815)
Article abstract: A strong belief in the need for women to be properly educated influenced Willard to develop new methods of training teachers and to work for the professionalization of teaching.
Early Life
Emma Hart Willard was the ninth of the ten children her mother, née Lydia Hinsdale, bore as Samuel Hart’s second wife. Her paternal forefathers included Stephen Hart and Thomas Hooker, a clergyman who left England in 1633 and founded the towns of Hartford and Farmington, Connecticut. Robert Hinsdale, a maternal forefather, settled in Dedham,...
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