The Female Institute at Bucknell University was opened in 1852. Mary Jones was a 1859 graduate when Amanda Taylor was the Principal. Later, between 1878 and 1882, Mary’s brother, Jonathan, was Principal of the Institute.

Photographs

Photograph courtesy of Bucknell University

References

Bucknell University Page on the Female Institute
Centennial history of Bucknell University, 1846-1946 by Lewis Edwin Theiss
The Rise of Bucknell University by J. Orin Oliphant, Appleton-Century-Crofts, New York, 1965