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Historical MarkersFounding Free Methodist Church

This church (the white one on the right side of the sign) is located on the SE corner of Platt and East State Street in the village of Albion, NY (approximately 35 miles west of Rochester, NY). "Free" Methodism originally referred to the church's stand against slavery (comments invited).
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Agriculture &Amp; FoodsAlaska'S Silver Millions - Part 2 - 1936

Produced by the American Can Company and narrated by Bernard Hubbard, aka the "Glacier Priest", this evaluation of William Sewards decision to by Alaska from Russia in 1859 starts slowly, but finishes well with good coverage of the salmon industry during the depression.
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Agriculture &Amp; FoodsAlaska'S Silver Millions - Part 1 - 1936

Produced by the American Can Company and narrated by Bernard Hubbard, aka the "Glacier Priest", this evaluation of William Sewards decision to buy Alaska from Russia in 1859 starts slowly, but finishes well with good coverage of the salmon industry during the depression.

The two men in the thumbnail are William H. Seward and Bernard Hubbard (The Glacier Priest) respectively.

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Added: 28th November 2007
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Historical MarkersEmma Willard

New York State 1848-1998
EMMA WILLARD
2/23/1787 - 4/15/1870
Educator, Author, & Founder
In 1814 of First School For
Girls with a Curriculum
Like that Available to Boys.
George E. Pataki, Governor

Emma Willard Portrait

Emma C. (Hart) Willard

The Emma Willard School

Troy, New York

Emma Willard 1787 - 1870. Born the 16th of 17 children near Hartford, Connecticut. In 1807 she began teaching and propounding her strong belief that females beyond the 8th grade were as capable as males in learning math and science. It was widely held that if young women did not study sewing, etc, but tried a rigorous academic course of study, they might take ill or die. In 1814, she had opened the Middlebury Female Seminary in her Vermont home. She wrote and spoke both nationally and internationally on the subject of female education. Governor Dewitt Clinton invited her to open a school for young females in New York State, which she opened in Waterford in 1819. Waterford did not support the school, but leading citizens of Troy raised money to bring the school to Troy in 1821, where it was called the Troy Female Seminary. The high school was originally where Russell Sage College is now, in downtown Troy. The school’s name was eventually changed, in 1895, to "Emma Willard" to honor its founder. The roster of graduates of Ema Willard, particularly in the 1800’s, includes many national leaders, including many in the women’s right-to-vote movement. Her sister, Almira, came to teach with Emma, and was principal for about 8 years. She wrote many science textbooks which were used nationally. Almira became, in 1859, only the second woman ever elected to the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Olivia Slocum Sage, an 1847 Troy Female Seminary graduate, became the wealthiest woman in America upon the death of her husband, former congressman, financier and railroad tycoon, Russell Sage, in 1906. At her urging, he had donated at small amount to her idea of founding a college for women. At his death, she helped establish Russell Sage College on the former Emma Willard site downtown, and was the most generous benefactor in helping to build the current Emma Willard School campus atop Mount Ida on Pawling Avenue in Troy, New York in 1909 - 1910. The three original buildings constructed with that money were Sage Hall, Slocum Hall, and a gymnasium (now the Alumnae Chapel), which were built in collegiate Tudor Gothic splendor.

Today the Emma Willard School's Pawling Avenue campus is the present-day home of the nation's oldest secondary school for girls.

Portions of the moives, Scent of a Woman, and The Emperor's Club were filmed on the Emma Willard campus in order to take advantage of the campus architecture.

1998 marked the 150th Anniversary of the Women's Rights Movement, launched at the world's first Women's Rights Convention held in Seneca Falls, New York on July 19 to July 20, 1848.

To honor that anniversary the New York State Governor's Commission Honoring the Achievements of Women has expanded the New York State historical marker program, started in 1926, to more accurately reflect women's contributions to history. Each county was asked to participate by nominating three historic local women who contributed to the community and deserved recognition. From these nominations, the Commission sponsored the creation and installation of a historical marker for every participating county.

The markers are cast iron painted with the colors of the suffrage movement, purple and gold. The markers were dedicated and installed throughout the state during the fall of 1998. The Emma Willard marker is one of approximatley 50 markers added that year.

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Added: 10th March 2008
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