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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Famous quotes containing the words death and/or memory:
“The death of a dear friend, wife, brother, lover, which seemed nothing but privation, somewhat later assumes the aspect of a guide or genius; for it commonly operates revolutions in our way of life, terminates an epoch of infancy or of youth which was waiting to be closed, breaks up a wonted occupation, or a household, or style of living, and allows the formation of new ones more friendly to the growth of character.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“The memory of most men is an abandoned cemetery where lie, unsung and unhonored, the dead whom they have ceased to cherish. Any lasting grief is reproof to their forgetfulness.”
—Marguerite Yourcenar (1903–1987)