Synonyms:
Willard, Emma_Hart_Willard
Meaning: United States educator who was an early campaigner for higher education for women (1787-1870)
Synonyms:
Willard, Frances_Elizabeth_Caroline_Willard
Meaning: United States advocate of temperance and women's suffrage (1839-1898)
Usage examples
His real name was F. Willard and he was a nephew of Miss Frances Willard.
George Willard, the Ohio village boy, was fast growing into manhood and new thoughts had been coming into his mind.
When the moment of sophistication came to George Willard his mind turned to Helen White, the Winesburg banker's daughter.
Pushing his way through the crowds in Main Street, young George Willard concealed himself in the stairway leading to Doctor Reefy's office and looked at the people.
Helen White was thinking of George Willard even as he wandered gloomily through the crowds thinking of her. She remembered the summer evening when they had walked together and wanted to walk with him again.