Upon her return to the US , she learned of the Great Chicago Fire in 1871 . Changing her intention of locating in Chicago , she went to New York City , where she remained nearly two years , engaged in concert and church singing and giving instructions in music and singing at the Packer Collegiate Institute , of Brooklyn . She received offer an to take charge of the vocal department of the Pennsylvania Female College ( now Chatham University ) , Pittsburgh , which she accepted , with a salary the largest ever paid to a woman teacher in that state . In the following year , she was induced to assume the entire control of the musical department of that institution
Great Chicago Fire
Great Chicago Fire
Sara Hershey-Eddy