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<h2>Emma C. Hart Willard</h2>
<h2>1787-1870</h2>
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<td><em>Born:</em> 1787, Berlin, Connecticut.
<p><em>Died:</em> April 15, 1870, Troy, New York.</p>
<p><em>Buried:</em> Oakwood Cemetery, Troy, New York.</p>
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<p class="just">Daughter of a Unitarian minister, Willard joined the Episcopal denomination. She is best known as a champion of womens education. Her works include:
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<li><em>An Address to the Public, Particularly to the Members of the Legislature of New York, Proposing a Plan for Improving Female Education</em>, 1819</li>
<li><em>A System of Universal Geography on the Principles of Comparison and Classification</em>, 1822</li>
<li><em>A System of Universal History in Perspective</em>, 1837</li>
<li><em>Temple of Time</em> (won a gold medal at the 1850 Worlds Fair in London)</li>
<li><em>The Fulfillment of a Promise, by which Poems by Emma Willard Are Published</em></li>
<li><em>A Treatise on the Motive Powers Which Produce the Circulation of the Blood</em>, 1846</li>
<li><em>Universal Peace</em>, 1864</li>
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<li><a href = "./hymns/hymns_html/htm_r_o_rockcrad.html" >Rocked in the Cradle of the Deep</a></li>
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