Mary A. Brigham

Mary Ann Brigham (6 December 1829 – 29 June 1889) was an American educator who, after teaching for a few years, was elected President of Mount Holyoke College in 1889, but died in a railway accident before she could take up her appointment.She was a descendant of Thomas Brigham and Edmund Rice, early immigrants to Massachusetts Bay Colony.[2][3] She was educated at Mount Holyoke Female Seminary, as part of the 1849 class.[1] Brigham began her academic career in 1855, teaching at Mount Holyoke.On 29 June 1889, as she was traveling from New York to South Hadley, Massachusetts to assume her post, the train crashed at New Haven, Connecticut.
Elizabeth BlanchardLouisa F. CowlesWestborough, MassachusettsNew Haven, ConnecticutAlma materMount Holyoke Female SeminaryProfessorMount Holyoke CollegeEdmund RiceMassachusetts Bay ColonyIngham UniversitySouth Hadley, MassachusettsLeaders of Mount Holyoke CollegeWhitmanChapinStoddardFrenchBlanchardCowlesWoolleyGettellCameronTrumanKennanCreightonPasquerellaStephensHolley