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This Timeline of women's education is an overview of the history of education for women worldwide. It includes key individuals, institutions, law reforms, and events that have contributed to the development and expansion of educational opportunities for women.
Lucy Diggs Slowe (July 4, 1883 [3] – October 21, 1937) was an American educator and athlete, and the first Black woman to serve as Dean of Women at any American university. She was a founder of Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority , the first sorority founded by African-American women.
The legacy of notable black women educators is able to be preserved through their own narratives and works. Below is a list of essays, prose, speeches, and more that touch on the black women experience specific to education. 1841 - Ann Plato, "Education" 1886 - Virginia W. Broughton, "Womanhood a Vital Element in the Regeneration and Progress ...
Also: United States: People: By occupation: Educators / Women by occupation: Women educators This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:American educators . It includes educators that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent.
Some of the most incredible inventors, writers, politicians, & activists have been women. From Ida B. Wells to Sally Ride, here are women who changed the world. 22 Famous Women in History You Need ...
In the Company of Educated Women: A History of Women and Higher Education in America (1985). online; Spruill, Julia Cherry. Women's life and work in the southern colonies (1938; reprinted 1998), pp 183–207. online; Woody, Thomas. A History of Women's Education in the United States (2 vols. 1929) vol 1 online also see vol 2 online
In the late 1870s, Baldwin joined several Civil Rights groups, becoming a member and secretary of the debate club the Banneker Society, using her position and skills to advocate for women's suffrage and the importance of childhood education. [3] Her home was the central meeting place for the African American community.
Collins was known for applying classical education, in particular the Socratic method, modified for use in primary schools, successfully with impoverished students. Collins criticized the teaching of the students, not the students themselves. [7] She wrote a number of manuals, books and motivational tracts describing her history and methods.