Women of Education

Mary McLeod Bethune
improved education opportunities for all african americans
pic http://havengirls.com/tag/mary-mcleod-bethune/

Elizabeth Blackwell 1st
First woman doctor. taught many women how to be doctors
pic http://www.nlm.nih.gov/changingthefaceofmedicine/physicians/biography_35.html

Marjorie Lee Browne
one of the first african american women to get a doctorate in mathematics
pic http://www.jameslogancourier.org/index.php?itemid=4186

Winifred Merrill 1st
First woman to get a Ph.D in mathematics. taught for many years
pic http://www.agnesscott.edu/lriddle/women/merrill.htm

Elizabeth Palmer Peabody
founded the Kindergarden for young students and wrote many books supporting it
pic http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Peabody

Pauline Agassiz Shaw
provided funds for the new Kindergartens that Elizabeth Peabody had founded
pic http://www.jphs.org/people/2005/4/14/jamaica-plain-women-who-made-history.html

Anne Sullivan
taught Helen Keller.
pic http://www.pustakalaya.org/wiki/wp/a/Anne_Sullivan_Macy.htm

Mary Lyon
founded a large private school. it is now a college
pic http://www.unsv.com/voanews/specialenglish/scripts/2007/06/03/0045/

Clarissa Harlowe Barton
became a teacher at age 17 and founded her own school six years later. after 10 years of teaching she left to become a nurse
pic http://www.civilwarhome.com/bartonbio.htm

Anne Hutchinson
pursued a higher education than what was given to her. she was a role model for many women.
pic http://www.awesomestories.com/assets/photo-anne-hutchinson

Mary Hemenway
was Boston's wealthiest woman in the 19th century. donated a lot of money to help further education and charities
pic http://www.nps.gov/cagr/historyculture/historicfigures.htm

Josephine Hoeppner 1st
pic http://www.wsulibs.wsu.edu/masc/womensgraduation.html