Quote of the day
After all my years of playing soldiers, and then of reading History, I have almost a mania to be in the East, to see fighting, and to serve.
Mary Lyon
Born: February 28, 1797
Died: March 5, 1849 (aged 52)
Bio: Mary Mason Lyon was an American pioneer in women's education. She established the Wheaton Female Seminary in Norton, Massachusetts, in 1834.








