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Title
Grace
Lyon
Photograph
Subject
Education
Ohio Women
Teachers
Rockefeller, John D. (John Davison), 1839-1937
Place
Granville (Ohio)
Licking County (Ohio)
Description
Grace
Lyon
,
shown
in this
photograph
circa
1889
, was the
daughter
of
Sabrina
Lyon
,
John
D
.
Rockefeller's
former
teacher
.
When
Mrs
.
Lyon
was
widowed
,
Rockefeller
promised
to
put
her
four
children
through
college
.
Grace
Lyon
became
the
first
female
graduate
of
Denison
University
. This
photograph
measures
6.5
"
x
4.5
"
(16.51
x
11.43
cm)
.
Grace
Lyon
(1867-1924)
was
born
in
Clyde
,
Ohio
. She
enrolled
at
Shepardson
College
, an
all-female
school
located
on the
lower
campus
of
Denison
University
,
Granville
,
Ohio
.
Grace
attended
many
classes
at
Denison
,
however
, and
fulfilled
the
same
degree
requirements
as
Denison
students
. She
graduated
in
1889
with a
degree
from
Shepardson
College
and was
awarded
her
Denison
degree
retroactively
in
1900
.
While
the
Denison
University
board
of
trustees
would not
permit
Grace
to
graduate
officially
in
1889
, that
year's
commencement
program
listed
her
name
among
Denison's
male
graduates---the
first
female
graduate
to be
listed
at the
school
.
Lyon
remained
in
Ohio
and
became
a
high
school
teacher
. She
married
minister
and
Denison
graduate
Charles
Seasholes
; they had
five
children
.
Date of Original
1889
circa
Source
Audiovisual material
P & B-90
Submitting Institution
Denison University
Rights
For rights and reproduction requests, go to the Ohio Historical Society's Audiovisual and Graphic Reproduction Services page at
http://www.ohiohistory.org/resource/audiovis/photodup.html;
Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to
http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information
Type
StillImage
File Name
Om1684_1664714_002.tif
Image Height
1980
Image Width
1272
File Size
925.037 KB
Format
picture
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