Zilpah P. Grant Banister

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Zilpah Polly Grant Banister (May 30, 1794 - December 3, 1874) was an American women's educator. She was Principal of Adams Female Academy at Derry, New Hampshire from 1824 to 1827, also Principal of Ipswich Female Seminary School from 1828 to 1839 in Ipswich, Massachusetts. On September 7, 1841, Grant married William B. Banister and moved with him to Newburyport, Massachusetts. She continued to be active to promote women's education, and published a pamphlet entitled Hints on Education in 1856.

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• Burial place of Zilpah P. Grant Banister in Oak Hill Cemetery, Newburyport, Massachusetts.
• Zilpah P. Grant Bannister Papers