Julia Sears, was a pioneering academic and suffragette. She achieved a milestone early in her career when in 1872 she became the first woman in the U.S. to head a public college, Minnesota State Normal College at Mankato, now Minnesota State University, Mankato. Her first address to its female graduates was forthright, telling them “You are stepping out into life at a time when you hear not the sound, ‘thus far in education may you go and no farther, … Wikipedia
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The Sears Rebellion In June, 1873, Julia A. Sears was offered a 1500 salary to return as Assistant Principal of the Mankato State Normal School. www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/history/mnstateu/searsreb.html