Description: (American Women's Rights Activist)
Emma Willard was an American education activist known for founding the first school for women's higher education in the United States, the Troy Female Seminary. She devoted her life to promoting education for women and traveled extensively to advocate for female education in the United States and abroad. Willard's work was key in improving women's access to education, and her legacy endures through the Emma Willard School, renamed in her honor in 1895.