【美国人物志】女子教育的先行者 玛莉·里昂 (7/9)

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玛莉·里昂(Mary Lyon, 1797 -  1849),这位传奇女性以她战略的眼光，坚定的信念，无以伦比的勇气和毅力，以及她对真理，对知识孜孜不倦的追求和热爱，改写了世界女性史，革命了世界教育格局，开辟了女性高等教育之路。
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Ipswich
Wheaton Female Seminary
Norton
MassachusettsMary resigned from Ipswich. She helped to organize another private school for women, Wheaton Female Seminary in Norton, Massachusetts. It opened in 1835.
She also began to raise money for her dream of a permanent, non-profit school for the higher education of women. This school would own its own property. It would be guided by an independent group of directors. Its finances would be the responsibility of the directors, not of investors seeking profit. The school would not depend on any one person to continue. And, the students would share in cleaning and cooking to keep costs down.