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About Sarah Pierce
Sarah Pierce was a teacher, educator and founder of one of the earliest schools for girls in the United States, the Litchfield Female Academy in Litchfield, Connecticut. The school having been established in her house in 1792 became known as the Litchfield Female Academy in 1827. The school for girls attracted an estimated 3,000 students from across the United States and Canada. Some of her most famous attendees and protégés were Catharine Beecher and Harriet Beecher Stowe.
Everything about Sarah Pierce →- Occupation
- teacher, pedagogue
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- June 26, 1767
- Died
- January 19, 1852