page_title: Frances Shimer
section_title: Final years, 1896–1901
hierarchical_section_title: Frances Shimer / Final years, 1896–1901
caption_attribution_description: English: Image of Frances Ann Wood Shimer, founder of Shimer College.
context_page_description: Frances Shimer, born Frances Ann Wood, was an American educator. She was the founder of the Mount Carroll Seminary, which later became Shimer College, in Mount Carroll, Illinois. She was also the sole proprietress of the school from 1870 to her retirement in 1896.
context_section_description: Frances Shimer died on November 10, 1901. Her body was returned to Mount Carroll for burial, and interred at the Oak Hill Cemetery where her husband was also buried.
caption: Frances Shimer, from the frontispiece of the memorial volume published upon her death
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