| Mary Howe | |
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Full name |
Mary Elizabeth Pepoon Howe |
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Alternative names |
M.E. Pepoon, Mary E. Howe |
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Presence at Shimer | |
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Presence on Earth |
1831–1903 |
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Role(s) |
Seminary period faculty |
Mary Howe, née Mary Pepoon, was an instructor of mathematics at Shimer College in the early Seminary period. Her exact dates of service are uncertain; her name appears in the circular for the summer quarter of 1855, which continued to be reprinted unmodified into 1857 despite changes in faculty. The absence of her name in other sources, such as examiners' reports, suggests that she did not serve beyond 1856.
Shimer connections[]
- Brother of alum Theodore Pepoon
Mentioned[]
Profiled[]
- in Fighting for the cause, writing for the cause : the Howes and Pepoons on abolition, education, suffrage and temperance, Douglas Saylor, 2010
- in "Mary Pepoon Howe: Writer and Suffragist in Pioneer Nebraska", Douglas Saylor, Yahoo! Voices, September 2010:
- The Pepoon family moved to Warren, Illinois in 1850. Passage of the 1850 Fugitive Slave Act increased penalties for those who helped slaves escape, and the Pepoons were concerned for their safety. Mary Pepoon became a school teacher. She wrote poetry, some of which was published in local newspapers and journals. Poetry was a life-long love for her, and she wrote her entire life. The Pepoons were acquainted with the Howe family, fellow Abolitionists from Ohio. Orville Duane Howe's first wife, Mary Ann Fenton, died in the spring of 1861. In December of 1861, Orville came looking for Mary Pepoon, who he had known in Ohio. When word reached her that she had a visitor, Mr. Howe, Mary Pepoon was so excited she could scarcely continue teaching. The couple married immediately, just before Christmas. The misunderstanding about the watch that was never received was forgotten. (...more...)
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