Education
She graduated from Mount Holyoke College (then Mount Holyoke Female Seminary) in 1856.
founder president of Huguenot College
She graduated from Mount Holyoke College (then Mount Holyoke Female Seminary) in 1856.
She taught in Niles, Michigan until 1858 and later in New Haven, Connecticut from 1867 until 1873. She took a leave to return to the United States from 1905 to 1906 during which time she received an Master of Arts from Mount Holyoke. In 1912, Mount Holyoke honored her with a Doctor of Letters.
She died at Huguenot on March 25, 1919, aged 82.