Almira Hart Lincoln Phelps was born on July 15, 1793, in Berlin, Connecticut. Phelps was the youngest child in her family, growing up in an intellectual, independently thinking, and religious environment. One of Phelps's most inspirational mentors of her life was her older sister Emma Willard. While living with her sister, Phelps was also mentored by John Willard and three of his fellow students who also came to live in the Willard household.
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