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Willard   /wˈɪlərd/   Listen
Willard

noun
1.
United States advocate of temperance and women's suffrage (1839-1898).  Synonym: Frances Elizabeth Caroline Willard.
2.
United States educator who was an early campaigner for higher education for women (1787-1870).  Synonym: Emma Hart Willard.



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"Willard" Quotes from Famous Books



... that I saw Captain Willard, of the Fourteenth Connecticut, fall as we passed their line on our way to the rear; that he appeared to have been hit by a grape-shot or piece of shell. I did not know him, only heard that he was a brother of E. N. Willard, of Scranton. The Fourteenth ...
— War from the Inside • Frederick L. (Frederick Lyman) Hitchcock

... that fetches you spinnin' through the air," he said slowly. "Sh-showed it to Jim Willard, editor of the Newcastle Guardian. Er—what do you ...
— The Crossing • Winston Churchill

... transition to the modern co- educational high school. The higher education of women in the United States clearly dates from the establishment of the academies. Troy (New York) Seminary, founded by Emma Willard, in 1821, and Mt. Holyoke (Massachusetts) Seminary, founded by Mary Lyon, in 1836, though not the first institutions for girls, were nevertheless important pioneers in the higher education ...
— THE HISTORY OF EDUCATION • ELLWOOD P. CUBBERLEY

... impartiality as to country, not for any special work published during the year, but in view of the general merit of all that he has done. Five times in its history the medal has crossed the Atlantic. It was awarded to Franklin in 1753, Agassiz in 1861, Dana in 1877, and J. Willard Gibbs in 1902. The long time that elapsed between the first and the second of these awards affords an illustration of the backwardness of scientific research in America during the greater part of the first century of our independence. The year of my visit the medal ...
— The Reminiscences of an Astronomer • Simon Newcomb

... one hundred years later, Father Taillandier writes:—"The Spaniards have brought cows, horses, and sheep from America; but these animals cannot live there on account of the dampness and inundations."—(Letters from Father Taillandier to Father Willard.) ...
— The Former Philippines thru Foreign Eyes • Fedor Jagor; Tomas de Comyn; Chas. Wilkes; Rudolf Virchow.


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