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Emma Willard

1787 - 1870

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Emma Willard (née Hart; February 23, 1787 – April 15, 1870) was an American female education activist who dedicated her life to education. 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2024). Emma Willard is the 6,232nd most popular writer (down from 6,207th in 2024), the 11,096th most popular biography from United States (down from 10,720th in 2019) and the 810th most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Emma Willard ranks 6,232 out of 7,302. Before her are Maja Bošković-Stulli, Piers Anthony, Euphrase Kezilahabi, Howard Jacobson, Caroline Norton, and Brigitte Giraud. After her are Edward Everett Hale, Stig Claesson, Franz Fühmann, Elizabeth Moon, Andrew Vachss, and William Dunbar.

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Among people born in 1787, Emma Willard ranks 55. Before her are Josephine Kablick, Christian Ferdinand Friedrich Hochstetter, Edward Blore, José Tomás Ovalle, Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, and Thomas Hodgskin. After her are John J. Crittenden, and Mary Russell Mitford. Among people deceased in 1870, Emma Willard ranks 66. Before her are Michael William Balfe, Pascual Madoz, John P. Kennedy, Umihana Čuvidina, David Octavius Hill, and Radhanath Sikdar. After her are George Henry Thomas, and William Gilmore Simms.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Emma Willard ranks 11,098 out of 20,380. Before her are Marley Shelton (1974), Jay Roach (1957), James Skivring Smith (1825), Neal Adams (1941), Lezley Zen (1974), and Mia Zapata (1965). After her are Alan Baxter (1908), Edward Everett Hale (1822), Lewis Armistead (1817), Elizabeth Moon (1945), Bryan D. O'Connor (1946), and Charlyne Yi (1986).

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Among writers born in United States, Emma Willard ranks 810. Before her are Joan D. Vinge (1948), Christina Hoff Sommers (1950), John Patrick Shanley (1950), Louis Sachar (1954), Robert Creeley (1926), and Lyman Abbott (1835). After her are Edward Everett Hale (1822), Elizabeth Moon (1945), Andrew Vachss (1942), Oscar Hijuelos (1951), Jane Smiley (1949), and Charlie Jane Anders (1969).

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