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Emma Hart Willard: Genuine learning has...

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Genuine learning has ever been said to give polish to man; why then should it not bestow added charm on women?

Source: In The Last Word - A Treasury of Women's Quotes, ed. Carolyn Warner, 1992.
-- Emma Hart Willard, (Feb 23 1787-1870), US educator; She pioneered higher education for women; founded Troy Female Seminary in 1821, which became the Emma Willard School.


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