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Mary Ann Blood

Birth	:	10 Jul 1851 Hollis, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA
Death	:	25 Jul 1927 Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Burial	:	Sunset Memorial Gardens, Fort Lauderdale, Broward County, USA
Coordinate	:	26.1513996, -80.1883011
Inscription	:	MARY A. BLOOD LITT D 1851 - 1927 SHE WAS ONE OF THE FOUNDERS AND FOR THIRTY SEVEN YEARS THE PRESIDENT OF THE COLUMBIA COLLEGE OF EXPRESSION IN CHICAGO, ILL.
Description	:	Information here was obtained at: http://www.lib.colum.edu/archives/presidents/blood.php ----------------------------------------------------- "Mary Ann Blood Co-Founder Columbia School of Oratory 1890 - 1927 Mary Ann Blood was born July 10, 1851 in Hollis, NH to Isaac Pierce and Sarah (Fisk) Blood. She attended Framingham Normal School in Massachusetts (now Framingham State University), graduated in 1871, then took post-graduate advanced classes and completed her course of study in 1873. Normal schools trained its students to be teachers. She moved to the Jamaica Plain area of Boston in 1873 to teach at the Eliot School, founded in 1676. During the 1870s and 1880s, the school began its "manual training" era where classes... Read More	Information here was obtained at: http://www.lib.colum.edu/archives/presidents/blood.php ----------------------------------------------------- "Mary Ann Blood Co-Founder Columbia School of Oratory 1890 - 1927 Mary Ann Blood was born July 10, 1851 in Hollis, NH to Isaac Pierce and Sarah (Fisk) Blood. She attended Framingham Normal School in Massachusetts (now Framingham State University), graduated in 1871, then took post-graduate advanced classes and completed her course of study in 1873. Normal schools trained its students to be teachers. She moved to the Jamaica Plain area of Boston in 1873 to teach at the Eliot School, founded in 1676. During the 1870s and 1880s, the school began its "manual training" era where classes such as drawing, painting, sewing, and cooking were added to the curriculum. Its purpose was to "satisfy that instinctive desire of human beings to create." In 1880, she attended Monroe College of Oratory, now Emerson College, in Boston, studying under C. Wesley Emerson, its founder, where she earned a degree in Oratory in 1882 and became a member of its faculty in 1883. During her tenure at Monroe, Mary taught Analysis, Practical Hygiene, Rendering, & Bible Reading and also administered the Normal Department. Additionally, she served as a member of the School's Board of Trustees from 1887 until she left the school in 1890. During her tenure at Monroe, Mary accepted an assignment to teach elocution and expression courses at the State Agricultural College in Ames, Iowa from 1887 to 1888. It was here she met fellow teacher, Ida Morey Riley. Mary Blood and Ida Riley left New England to establish Columbia School of Oratory in Chicago, Illinois in 1890 where the "Emerson System of Physical Culture" was taught. Ida Riley died in 1901 and the school changed its name to Columbia College of Expression in 1905. The college added variety to its coursework and by the 1920s, the school was recognized by the State Examining Board of Illinois and the examining boards of other states, with men and women holding degrees from the College qualified to teach any branch of English, correlated speech arts, and dramatics in the schools without examination. Also, coursework at the school was accredited by the Chicago Board of Education. It also offered a course of study to train students for the Chautauqua traveling lecture circuit. These public lectures became a popular form of entertainment and the College offered training courses for those who wished to become a lecturer or performer on the circuit. She also remained active in the National Association of Elocutionists, the Women's Christian Temperance Union, and local community groups. She died July 25, 1927 at the College she founded. On July 27th funeral services were held at the school, 120 E. Pearson Street, and many of its alumni were present. She is buried in Hollis, NH and her epitaph reads "She was one of the founders and for 37 years the president of the Columbia College of Expression in Chicago, Illinois". ----------------------------------------------------- Columbia College still recognizes Mary Ann Blood as one of the co-founders of the institution every year with the "Blood Ball". Current Enrollment is usually over 10,000 students. ----------------------------------------------------- Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947: Name: Mary A. Blood Birth Date: 20 Jun 1851 Birth Place: Hollis, New Hampshire Death Date: 25 Jul 1927 Death Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois Burial Date: 28 Jul 1927 Burial Place: Hollis, Hillsborough, New Hampshire Cemetery Name: Hollis Death Age: 76 Occupation: Teacher Race: White Marital Status: S Gender: Female Residence: Chicago, Cook, Illinois Father Name: Isaac P. Blood Father Birth Place: Hollis, New Hampshire Mother Name: Sarah M. Fisk Mother Birth Place: Pepperell, Mass. FHL Film Number: 1877972

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Where is Mary Ann Blood's memorial?
Mary Ann Blood's memorial is located at: Sunset Memorial Gardens, Fort Lauderdale, Broward County, USA.
When did Mary Ann Blood death?
Mary Ann Blood death on 25 Jul 1927 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Where are the coordinates of the Mary Ann Blood's memorial?
Latitude: 26.1513996
Longitude: -80.1883011

Family Members:

Parent

Isaac Pierce Blood

(1803 - 1878)

Sarah Nutting Fisk Blood

(1814 - 1865)

Siblings

Harriet Maria “Hattie” Blood

(1844 - 1942)

George Henry Blood

(1848 - 1908)

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Coordinate: 26.1513996, -80.1883011

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