People Name: Sibley, Mary Easton Profession: Building Owner, Educator Category: Education, Human and Social Services Description: "Awakened by a religious conversion in 1832, Mary Easton Sibley sought to impart knowledge, morality, and Protestant Christianity to young people on the Missouri frontier." She taught English to German immigrants, established an African school to educate blacks, and founded a boarding school in St. Charles that eventually became Lindenwood College. |
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