Emma Hart Willard (1787 - 1870)

Short name Emma Hart Willard
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First name Emma Hart
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Date of birth 1787
Date of death 1870
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Provisional Notes - Married to John Willard, a physician 28 years her senior - Widowed 1825 -Re-married Christopher C. Yates 1837 - Divorced 1843 Number of children: 4 step children from John Willard's previous marriages. 1 son with John, named John Willard Hart. Her father was a farmer; he encouraged to read and included her in discussions of politics and philosophy at home. School education from the age of 15 in Berlin (US) Authorial attribution: - Married name (first husband) Profession(s) and other activities: - Social-cultural activist: fought for the first women's school for higher education - Teacher/governess: opened her own boarding school for women in 1814, tried to improve the curriculum for girls (including subjects such as mathematics and philosophy) - Historian Collaboration/connections with male authors: co-authored A System of Universal Geography on the Principles of Comparison and Classification with William Channing Woodbridge. MCL Dec2013 HERA
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Spouse John Willard
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