Zilpah Grant and Mary Lyon urged that Ipswich be provided buildings so that the school might become permanent.

VOA: special.2010.06.27

In eighteen twenty-one, Mary Lyon went to another private school where she was taught by Reverend Joseph Emerson.

VOA: special.2010.06.27

Three years later, Mary Lyon opened a school for young women in the village of Buckland.

VOA: special.2010.06.27

Her influence lasted as the many students from Mary Lyon's schools went out to teach others.

VOA: special.2010.06.27

Mary Lyon got a committee of advisers to help her in planning and building the school.

VOA: special.2010.06.27

Mary Lyon opened Mount Holyoke Seminary for Women in eighteen thirty-seven.

VOA: special.2010.06.27

Mary Lyon was head of the school for almost twelve years.

VOA: special.2010.06.27

Today, Steve Ember and Shirley Griffith tell about Mary Lyon.

VOA: special.2010.06.27

Mary Lyon was not a very successful teacher at first.

VOA: special.2010.06.27

Mary Lyon felt that women's education was extremely important.

VOA: special.2010.06.27

Roughly 1,000 passengers were forced to spend the night at the Lyon airport and nearby hotels in east-central France.

VOA: standard.2010.01.10

(Speaking) One irate man told French radio he did not understand why Lyon airport authorities did not open at least one runway, closed by a 20-centimeter snowfall.

VOA: standard.2010.01.10