Beriah Green – Abolitionist Visionary with an Edge
Beriah Green (1795-1874) was the president of New York’s hotbed of abolitionism, the Oneida Institute, and envisioned a truly egalitarian interracial society.
Education
Emma Hart Willard – Women’s Education Trailblazer
Emma Hart Willard founded the first higher education school for women in the US in Troy, NY in 1821 to teach girls “male” subjects such as science and math.