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Mary Lyon
- For the geneticist also called Mary Lyon see Mary F. Lyon.
Mary Mason Lyon (28 February 1797 - 5 March 1849) was the founder of the Mount Holyoke Female Seminary in South Hadley, Massachusetts.
Born in Buckland , Massachusetts, she was a pioneer in women’s education in America.
She created the first curriculum at Wheaton College, (then called Wheaton Female Seminary), a year before founding Mount Holyoke in 1837. She served as the principal at Mount Holyoke for twelve years until her death there.
USS Mary Lyon (AP-71), a World War II transport ship in the United States Navy, was named for her.
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