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Creator Role
sculptor producer issuer
Description
The medal's obverse design depicts the right-side profile of Emma Willard, an American women's rights activist who founded the first school of higher education for women, Troy Female Seminary. The reverse pictures two women. One sits in a chair while holding a book. The other stands with her proper left hand on the seated woman's proper right shoulder. She draws back a curtain with her proper right hand. Behind the curtain, symbols for various educational disciplines are revealed, which include: celestial shapes, a globe and ship, a depiction of human anatomy, a soybean plant, and a frog.
Contributor
Justice Frank J. and Virginia Williams
Approximate Creation Date
1968
Measurement
1 3/4 inches (diameter)
Materials and Techniques Display
bronze
Inscription
obverse: PIONEER FOR HIGHER / EDUCATION / FOR WOMEN / EMMA / WILLARD / 1787-1870 reverse: THE HALL OF FAME / R / A / W / FOR GREAT AMERICANS / AT NEW YORK / UNIVERSITY / 19©67 edge: MEDALLIC ART CO. N.Y. BRONZE
Subjects
New York University. Hall of Fame for Great Americans; Willard, Emma, 1787-1870
Work Type
commemorative medal
Class
coins & medals
Preferred Citation
[Physical ID#]: [Title], Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana, Mississippi State University Libraries.
Rights
Copyright protected by Mississippi State University Libraries. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required.
ID
3154.9
Current Location
Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana (Mississippi State, Mississippi, United States)
Repository
Mississippi State University Libraries
Digital Publisher
Mississippi State University Libraries (electronic version).
Contact Information
For more information about the contents of this collection, email sp_coll@library.msstate.edu.