Mary A. Brigham

Mary A. Brigham
8th President of Mount Holyoke College (President Elect)
Term	1889 – 1889
Predecessor	Elizabeth Blanchard
Successor	Louisa F. Cowles
Born	1829
Died	1889
Alma mater	Mount Holyoke College (Mount Holyoke Female Seminary)
Profession	Professor

Mary A. Brigham (1829–1889) was an American educator who was the 8th President (President Elect) of Mount Holyoke College in 1889. After a teaching for a few years, "she was elected President of Mount Holyoke Seminary and College in 1889, but died in a railway accident before she could take up her appointment. In 1897 a dormitory, Brigham Hall, was dedicated to her by the New York Alumnae Club, of which she had been President in her lifetime."[1]

See also

• Presidents of Mount Holyoke College

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• Biography

Academic offices
Preceded by Elizabeth Blanchard	President of Mount Holyoke College (President Elect) 1889-1889	Succeeded by Louisa F. Cowles

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Name	Brigham, Mary A.
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Date of birth	1829
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Date of death	1889
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