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Mary Mitchell Birchall (1840-1898), born Mary Wheelwright Mitchell, was the first woman in
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to earn a bachelor's degree when she graduated from
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in 1869. She later was a professor at
Vassar College Vassar College ( ) is a private liberal arts college in Poughkeepsie, New York, United States. Founded in 1861 by Matthew Vassar, it was the second degree-granting institution of higher education for women in the United States. The college be ...
and founded a girls' school in Boston. Mitchell was born in 1840 in
Dover, Maine Dover-Foxcroft is the largest town in and the seat of Piscataquis County, Maine, United States. The population was 4,422 at the 2020 census. The town is located near the geographic center of the state. History Dover-Foxcroft was originally t ...
, to John and Charlotte (Littlefield) Mitchell. She graduated from Bates College in 1869 while working in a local textile mill to support herself, and she reportedly turned down a scholarship. After graduation, Mitchell taught high school in
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, and Miss Anna Brackett's School in New York, before becoming a professor at Vassar College in 1876. In 1891 she founded a girls' school in West Chester Park in Boston, which she ran until 1897. Mitchell also taught school in
Laconia, New Hampshire Laconia ( ) is a city in Belknap County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 16,871 at the 2020 census, up from 15,951 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Belknap County. Laconia, situated between Lake Winnipesaukee and ...
. She married Frank Birchall and had two children. She died in 1898 in the town of her birth and was buried in the McAllister Cemetery.


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Birchall, Mary Mitchell 1840 births 1898 deaths Bates College alumni People from Dover-Foxcroft, Maine Vassar College faculty