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Anna Peck Sill (August 9, 1816 – June 18, 1889) was an American educator and the founder of Rockford Female Seminary (now Rockford University ), a school for the Christian education of young women in Rockford, Illinois, as an adjunct to Beloit College of Beloit, Wisconsin.
Rockford University is a private university in Rockford, Illinois. It was founded in 1847 as Rockford Female Seminary and changed its name to Rockford College in 1892, and to Rockford University in 2013.
Die Rockford University ist eine in der Stadt Rockford im US-Bundesstaat Illinois gelegene Privatuniversität. Sie wurde 1847 als Rockford Female Seminary gegründet, dessen bekannteste Studentin die spätere Friedensnobelpreisträgerin Jane Addams war.
Mary Emilie got her schooling at Rockford Female Seminary, which she entered at age 14 and from which she graduated with a certificate in 1868. She then began teaching Spencerian penmanship at the seminary while she studied for a second certificate, in organ performance, which she earned in 1870.
In 1847, during one of the great college-building eras in American history, Rockford Female Seminary was chartered by the Illinois legislature. The citizens of Rockford (population 2,500) pledged $3,500 to erect a building for the ambitious enterprise.
On February 25, 1847, the charter was signed for Rockford Female Seminary, the predecessor to Rockford College, and today’s Rockford University. A women-only institution, Rockford Female Seminary was the companion school to Beloit College, which had been established for men in 1846.
American educator who founded Rockford Female Seminary (later Rockford College). Born Anna Peck Sill on August 9, 1816, in Burlington, New York ; died of pneumonia on June 18, 1889, in Rockford, Illinois; daughter of Abel Sill (a farmer) and Hepsibah (Peck) Sill; attended Miss Phipps' Union Seminary, Albion, New York ; never married; no children.
