Middlebury is the shire town of Addison County,Vermont,United States. As of the 2020 U.S. Census,the population was 9,152. Middlebury is home to Middlebury College and the Henry Sheldon Museum of Vermont History.
Emma Hart Willard was an American woman's education activist who dedicated her life to education. She worked in several schools and founded the first school for women's higher education,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.
Jonathan Hunt was an American lawyer and politician from Vermont. He was a member of the United States House of Representatives for the state of Vermont and was a member of the prominent Hunt family of Vermont.
Wilson Cary Nicholas was an American politician who served in the U.S. Senate from 1799 to 1804 and was the 19th Governor of Virginia from 1814 to 1816.
Thomas Mann Randolph Jr. was an American planter,soldier,and politician from Virginia. He served as a member of both houses of the Virginia General Assembly,a representative in the United States Congress,and as the 21st governor of Virginia,from 1819 to 1822. He married Martha Jefferson,the oldest daughter of Thomas Jefferson,third President of the United States. They had eleven children who survived childhood. As an adult,Randolph developed alcoholism,and he and his wife separated for some time before his death.
Stephen Row Bradley was an American lawyer,judge and politician. He served as a United States Senator from the state of Vermont and as the President pro tempore of the United States Senate during the early 1800s.
The Emma Willard School,originally called Troy Female Seminary and often referred to simply as Emma,is an independent university-preparatory day and boarding school for young women,located in Troy,New York,on Mount Ida,offering grades 9–12 and postgraduate coursework.
Lawrence Brainerd was an American businessman,abolitionist and United States Senator from Vermont. A longtime anti-slavery activist,after leaving the Jacksonians in the 1830s,Brainerd was active in the Whig,Liberty,and Free Soil parties,and was one of the organizers of the Republican Party when it was formed as the main anti-slavery party in the mid-1850s. Brainerd's longtime commitment to the cause of abolition was recognized in 1854,when opponents of slavery in the Vermont General Assembly chose him to fill a five-month vacancy in the United States Senate.
Edward Curtis Smith was an American attorney,businessman,and politician from Vermont. A Republican,he was most notable for his service as the 47th governor of Vermont from 1898 to 1900.
Henry Joel Scudder was a United States Representative from New York.
Chittenden Lyon was an American businessman and politician from Kentucky. He was most notable for his service as a United States representative from 1827 to 1833.
Samuel Barrett Pettengill was a U.S. representative from Indiana,representing Indiana's 3rd congressional district and nephew of William Horace Clagett.
Stephen Royce was an American lawyer,judge and politician. He served as the 23rd governor of Vermont from 1854 to 1856.
John Boardman Page was an American businessman and politician from Vermont. He served as Vermont State Treasurer from 1860 to 1866 and was the 30th governor of Vermont from 1867 to 1869.
The Emma Willard House is a historic house at 131 South Main Street in Middlebury,Vermont,United States. Built in 1809,it was from 1809 to 1819 the home of Emma Willard (1787–1870),an influential pioneer in the development of women's education in the United States. Willard established a school for girls at her home in 1814 known as the Middlebury Female Seminary. The school was a precursor to the Emma Willard School,an all girl,private boarding and university preparatory day school opened by Willard in 1821 in Troy,New York. The house was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1965. It now houses the Middlebury College Admissions Office.
Almira Hart Lincoln Phelps was an American scientist,educator,author,and editor. Her botany writings influenced more early American women to be botanists,including Eunice Newton Foote and her daughter,Augusta Newton Foote Arnold. Though she primarily wrote regarding nature,she also was a writer of novels,essays,and memoir. The standard author abbreviation A.Phelps is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.
The Emma Hart Willard Memorial,is a public artwork designed by Marion Guild and Pierre Zwick. It was sculpted by T.A. Campbell who worked for the Houlihan Shop in Rutland,Vermont. Erected in 1941,the memorial is located in a triangular-shaped park at the intersection of route 30 and route 7 in downtown Middlebury,Vermont.
Charlestown Female Seminary was a Christian school in Charlestown,Massachusetts. Opened in 1830,the female seminary was the second school in Charlestown for young women.
Alice Matilda "Olive" White Smith was an American writer and poet.
Charles Linsley was a Vermont lawyer and politician. The son-in-law of Daniel Chipman,he was notable for his service as United States Attorney for the District of Vermont (1845-1849),member of the Vermont House of Representatives (1858-1859),and U.S. Collector of Customs for Vermont (1860-1861).
