Mary Anna Longstreth

Overview

Mary Anna Longstreth born Philadelphia, PA February 9, 1811 (d. 1884). Quaker absolute pacifist headmistress who founded Quaker girl's school Philadelphia 1829 at age 18; ran it until 1877; promoted Hampton Academy for Indians and Blacks; co-founded world’s first Women's Medical College Philadelphia 1850.

Quotations

"I thought it right to impress upon my students the duty of considering the poor, relieving the distressed, and instructing the ignorant. . ." (quote and photo, Memoir, frontispiece, p. 182, 1886)