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Education was a controversial topic in the 1930s, [34] "and sex-segregated school systems protected "the virtue of female high school students." [ 35 ] Home economics and industrial education were new elements of the high school curriculum unmistakably designed for women's occupations. [ 36 ]
Inauguration of the Women's High School in Belgrade, first high school open to women in Serbia (and the entire Balkans). [79] United States Mary Corinna Putnam Jacobi graduates from the New York College of Pharmacy in 1863, making her the first woman to graduate from a United States school of pharmacy. [114] [115] 1864: Belgium
Most females were allowed to pursue education without significant constraints in the Vedic period. [105] Women's education, unlike in the subsequent periods was not neglected. Female scholars were also present during this period. The educators of this period had divided women into two groups – Brahmavadinis and Sadyodvahas. [105]
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]
In 1880, American high schools were primarily considered to be preparatory academies for students who were going to attend college. But by 1910 they had been transformed into core elements of the common school system and had broader goals of preparing many students for work after high school.
The Bethesda Orphan House educated children. Dozens of private tutors and teachers advertised their service in newspapers. A study of women's signatures indicates a high degree of literacy in areas with schools. [7] In South Carolina, scores of school projects were advertised in the South Carolina Gazette beginning in 1732. Although it is ...
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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.