Death and Memory
Lyon died of erysipelas (possibly contracted from an ill student in her care) on March 5, 1849. The Mary Lyon dormitories at Swarthmore College, University of Massachusetts Amherst and Plymouth State University are named in her memory.
Vassar College, Wellesley College and the former Western College for Women were patterned after Mount Holyoke.
In 1905, Lyon was inducted into the Hall of Fame for Great Americans in the Bronx, New York.
She has been honored by the United States Postal Service with a 2ยข Great Americans series postage stamp.
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