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It includes key individuals, institutions, law reforms, and events that have contributed to the development and expansion of educational opportunities for women. The timeline highlights early instances of women's education, such as the establishment of girls' schools and women's colleges, as well as legal reforms like compulsory education laws ...
This increase was partially explained by the "contemporary discourse that reinforced the need for higher education for women in their positions as wives, mothers, citizens, and professionals." [ 39 ] Because the proper role for a white, middle-class woman in 1930s American society was that of wife and mother, [ 40 ] arguments in favor of women ...
[1] [2] It is frequently called girls' education or women's education. It includes areas of gender equality and access to education. The education of women and girls is important for the alleviation of poverty. [3] Broader related topics include single-sex education and religious education for women, in which education is divided along gender ...
1837: The first American convention held to advocate women's rights was the 1837 Anti-Slavery Convention of American Women held in 1837. [4] [5] 1837: Oberlin College becomes the first American college to admit women. 1840: The first petition for a law granting married women the right to own property was established in 1840. [6]
Women have made great strides – and suffered some setbacks – throughout history, but many of their gains were made during the two eras of activism in favor of women's rights. Some notable events:
Higher Education for Women in Postwar America, 1945–1965. (Johns Hopkins U. Press, 2006). 304 pp. Eisenmann, Linda. Historical Dictionary of Women's Education in the United States; Faragher, John Mack and Howe, Florence, ed. Women and Higher Education in American History. ( WW Norton, 1988). 220 pp. Gasman Marybeth and Roger L. Geiger.
While we celebrate women in history this month, we must not forget the struggles women faced throughout history from the right to vote, to accessing education and striving to achieve equality ...
Timeline of women's legal rights (other than voting) represents formal changes and reforms regarding women's rights. That includes actual law reforms as well as other formal changes, such as reforms through new interpretations of laws by precedents. The right to vote is exempted from the timeline: for that right, see Timeline of women's suffrage.