in 1807 she moved to Middlebury, Vermont to manage a women's academy
married John Willard
in 1814 she opened a girls' school in her home
struck by the contrast between the education she could offer her students and the curriculum provided to young men in college she wrote A Plan for Improving Female Education
because of Governor DeWitt Clinton she moved to New York in 1819
an American women's activist
dedicated her life to education
worked in several schools
founded the first school for women's higher education the Troy Female Seminary in Troy, New York
at the time of her death she was proclaimed the best known woman in America
since it was founded the Emma Willard School has been one of the nation's leading schools for young women
