MATHER, Mrs. Sarah Ann

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Sarah Ann Mather was born in Chester, MA on March 20, 1820.  She attended Wesleyan Academy in Wilbraham, MA and became involved in the field of education.  Sarah taught art at New England Conference Seminary in East Greenwich, RI and was both an administrator and a professor Wesleyan College in Leoni, MI.

Over the course of her career, Sarah published several books. Two of her earliest were books of Christian literature,  The Itinerant Side, or, Pictures of Life in the Itinerancy  published in 1857 and Hidden Tteasure : or, The Secret of Success in Life two years later.  Both books were published by the New York firm of Carlton & Porter.

After the Civil War, Sarah moved to Camden, SC to assist former slaves.  In 1887, she combined her interests in teaching and the Methodist Episcopal Church and began Mather Academy, a school for the children of former slaves.

At the age forty-nine, Sarah married Rev. James Mather.  Sarah continued her philanthropic work as a leader of the Woman's Home Missionary Society of the Methodist Eposcopal Church.

When she retired to Hyde Park, MA, Sarah continued her philanthropic work, gave speeches, and wrote.  She passed away on May 14, 1901.

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