Ribbon Cutting/Opening Ceremony for the Dora E. Schoonmaker Exhibit
Schedule
Sat Jun 29 2024 at 10:00 am
UTC-05:00Location
510 W. Illinois Avenue, 60450 | Morris, IL
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On Saturday, June 29th at 10 a.m. the Grundy County Historical Society and the Aoyama Gakuin University Alumni Association will be hosting a ribbon cutting/opening ceremony to commemorate the establishment of the Dora E. Schoonmaker permanent exhibit.Dora was the first female Methodist missionary to go to Japan in the 1870s. While in Japan she opened the first girls’ school. That school has evolved over time and is currently the Aoyama Gakuin University. In November the school will be celebrating its 150th anniversary.
Dora was born in 1851 in Olive, Ulster County, New York. Her family moved to Wilmington Township, Illinois in 1856 to take advantage of land being sold along the Illinois & Michigan Canal. Dora and her family eventually moved to Channahon where she attended high school. Upon graduation from high school, she became a teacher, and later assistant principal at the Central School in Morris, IL. Dora’s goal in life was to be a missionary and she was able to obtain that goal from 1874-1879.
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Where is it happening?
510 W. Illinois Avenue, 60450, 510 W Illinois Ave, Morris, IL 60450-1775, United States,Morris, IllinoisEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
