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# Mary Lyon

(1695–1753)

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Mary Mason Lyon was an American pioneer in women's education. She advised on the establishment of Wheaton Female Seminary in Norton, Massachusetts, in 1834.

## Quick Facts About Mary Lyon

Born October 8, 1695

Died November 30, 1753

Notable works Mary Lyon, Recollections of a Noble Woman

## About Mary Lyon

Mary Mason Lyon was an American pioneer in women's education. She advised on the establishment of Wheaton Female Seminary in Norton, Massachusetts, in 1834. She then established Mount Holyoke Female Seminary in South Hadley, Massachusetts, in 1837 and served as its first president for 12 years. Lyon's vision fused intellectual challenge and moral purpose. She valued socioeconomic diversity and endeavored to make the seminary affordable for students of modest means.

##  Quotes by Mary Lyon

> [If anyone thinks he has no responsibilities, it is because he has not sought them out.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-lyon/if-anyone-thinks-he-has-no-responsibilities-it-is-because-he-has-not/)

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[Anyone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/anyone/)

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> [There is nothing in the universe that I fear, but that I shall not know all my duty, or shall fail to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-lyon/there-is-nothing-in-the-universe-that-i-fear-but-that-i-shall-not/)

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[Duty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/duty/)

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> [When you choose your fields of labor go where nobody else is willing to go.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-lyon/when-you-choose-your-fields-of-labor-go-where-nobody-else-is-willing/)

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[Choose](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/choose/)

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> [Nine-tenths of our suffering is caused by others not thinking so much of us as we think they ought.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-lyon/nine-tenths-of-our-suffering-is-caused-by-others-not-thinking-so-much/)

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