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Anna Peck Sill
1816-01-01 – 1889-01-01
Life & Legacy
Anna Peck Sill (August 9, 1816 – June 18, 1889) was an American educator and the founder of Rockford Female Seminary (now Rockford University), a school for the Christian education of young women in Rockford, Illinois, as an adjunct to Beloit College of Beloit, Wisconsin. Sill took inspiration from Mary Lyon and modeled the Rockford school after Mount Holyoke Seminary. Sill retired in 1884, after 35 years as Rockford's principal, five thousand women having graduated under her.
Occupation & Career
educator, head teacher
Legacy Highlights
Employer
Rockford University
Sources & Provenance
- Wikidata population candidate Q55720390 — wikidata View source
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