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(LYON). HUMPHREY, HEMAN. The Shining Path. A Sermon Preached in South-Hadley, at the Funeral of Miss Mary Lyon, March 8, 1849. Northampton, [Mass.]: J. & L. Metcalf, 1849. 1st ed. 8vo. 21 pp. Removed. Lacks wrappers. $125.00

 

Mary Lyon founded the Mt. Holyoke Seminary for women's higher education in 1837, a venture of utmost importance in the history of women's advancement toward equality.