Mary C. Whitman Explained

Mary C. Whitman
Order:2nd
President of
Mount Holyoke College (Principal)
Term Start:1849
Term End:1850
Predecessor:Mary Lyon
Successor:Mary W. Chapin
Birth Date:1809
Alma Mater:Mount Holyoke College (Mount Holyoke Female Seminary)
Profession:Professor

Mary C. Whitman (1809–1875) was an American educator who served as the second president (referred to at that time as "principal"[1]) of Mount Holyoke College (then Mount Holyoke Female Seminary) from 1849 to 1850. She graduated from Mount Holyoke in 1839, taught there from 1840 to 1842, and was Associate Principal from 1842 to 1849 before becoming Head.

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  1. Web site: New President Special Edition . 2007-07-04 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070824101339/http://www.mtholyoke.edu/offices/comm/csj/950216SE/listpres.html . 2007-08-24 .