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  2. Women's education in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The education of women in the United States: A guide to theory, teaching, and research (Routledge, 2014). online; Nash, Margaret A. "The historiography of education for girls and women in the United States." in William J Reese, William J. and John J. Rury, eds. Rethinking the History of American Education (2008) pp 143–159. excerpt

  3. Female education - Wikipedia

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    [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 ...

  4. Timeline of women's colleges in the United States - Wikipedia

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    1832: The Linden Wood School for Girls (now Lindenwood University) is the first institution of higher education for women west of the Mississippi River. It became coeducational in 1970. 1833: Columbia Female Academy (now Stephens College) was originally established as an academy for both high school and college-aged women. It later became a ...

  5. Female seminary - Wikipedia

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    The movement was a significant part of a remarkable transformation in American education in the period 1820–1850. [1] Supporting academic education for women, the seminaries were part of a large and growing trend toward women's equality. [2] Some trace its roots to 1815, and characterize it as at the confluence of various liberation movements.

  6. List of girls' schools in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Christian Brothers School (New Orleans) girls' middle school - The school has a PK-4 coeducational elementary school in both locations, an all girls' 5-7 middle school in the Canal Street Campus, and an all boys' 5-7 middle school in the City Park Campus. [2] Became coeducational: Eleanor McMain Secondary School (New Orleans)

  7. Women's colleges in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Education for girls and women was originally provided within the family, by local dame schools and public elementary schools, and at female seminaries found in every colony. Access to this education was however limited to women from families with the means to pay tuition and placed its focus on "ladylike" accomplishments rather than academic ...

  8. Abbie Stockard was crowned the new Miss America on January 5. The 22-year-old Auburn University student told BI how she prepared for the competition.

  9. Sex differences in education - Wikipedia

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    In developed countries, girls and boys are enrolled in elementary/kindergarten and middle schools at an equal rate in the educational schooling system. In European nations, girl students tend to flourish more often in secondary school than boys in developed countries, according to Sutherland.