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ERIC Number: EJ431979
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1991
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ISSN: ISSN-1047-6210
Rigor, Resolve, Religion: Mary Lyon and Science Education.
Handler, Bonnie S.; Shmurak, Carole B.
Teaching Education, v3 n2 p137-42 Win-Spr 1991
Mary Lyon was the founder of Mount Holyoke College and a pioneer in science education. She was an early proponent of the laboratory method of teaching, disseminating it throughout nineteenth-century schools. Lyon established a distinguished chemistry faculty and founded an excellent department which has trained many women chemists. (SM)
Descriptors: Biographies, Chemistry, College Faculty, Equal Education, Experiential Learning, Feminism, Higher Education, Science Education, Single Sex Colleges, Women Faculty
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Lyon (Mary); Mount Holyoke College MA