The Role Of Men And Women In The 19th Century

During Colonial Times, women were not permitted to get an education because they were only relegated to learning domestic skills. As time went by, women were slowly allowed to attend school but were once again limited to the subjects they were able to learn and they were only taught certain hours of the day. Over time, many cities did not have enough money to build two schools, so both boys and girls attended the same schools. As Myra and David Sadker wrote, “Entering by two separate doors, boys and girls went directly to their assigned single-sex area. Sometimes they went to different floors, or boys went to one side of the building and girls to the other. Frequently the girls were taught by women and the boys by men, so they continued to learn in their own sex-segregated worlds” (Sadker 343). Many critics thought that having both girls and boys attend school would have

Articles written during a specific period gives the future population an idea of the issues present during that time. Before the United States became independent, woman education was limited to the skill needed to be a good wife and proper mother. Particularly, upper-class woman were the only ones that had the resources to gain an education. Most middle and lower class focus primarily on the education of their males. European education influence Colonial America’s educational system. Since there weren’t any establish convents schools in the colonies, tutors were primarily hired and later on schools were incorporated. During the first years of schooling, new England girls went to a coed school called “dame school”. In the dame school, girls were thought to knit and sew. Many girls got the chance to go to the town school. However, some town school in new England prohibited girls from attending. In the south, girls got the

Women’s roles in the United States had an apparent change in the antebellum time period. More women were able to receive an education, find work, and gender equality. Women schooling were widely set up so they could improve and strengthen, mostly their literacy skill. The most popular job for women to have in this time period was being a teacher since schools could get away with paying them less than men. Women also began to make an effort to get political, social and economic equality.

In early American history, women who knew how to read would often teach their children and neighbor children how to read. From this, the beginning of private schools began, where women would begin to teach children how to read (Kerber, L.K).

“How long I gazed upon that magical creation I can not tell, but it was imprinted so deeply on my memory that I could not forget the incident, and looking long and steadily upon the copy she had given me, I followed it so well…” (Willard 74). Although this was a simple action, it was one of Frances Willard’s most important childhood events that sparked her interest in learning and the field of education. Throughout the duration of Frances Willard’s childhood, she was very curious and optimistic about attending. “Where could we have the academy? Who would be the teacher? These were vital questions to Mary and me, for mother was not more anxious for our education than were we ourselves” (Willard 75). Contradictory to Victorian standards, at eighteen years of age,Frances Willard wrote that she aspired to be a teacher in one of her journal entries. “I once thought I should like to be Victoria 's maid of honor-since I thought I 'd be a resident of [...... ]- next I wanted to be an artist next again I wished to be a hunter but returning from these deviations I 've decided to be a Music Teacher 'simply that & nothing more” (Willard Jan. 1 1855). Rather than directing her life on a path towards becoming a maid, Willard decided to challenge these common standards and expectations assigned to women and carry out her own aspirations. These ideas were also emphasized in an article by Henry and Isabel

women did not go to school to learn about how to figure out how to read and write and how to become owners of business, when they went to school they had to learn how to cook and clean properly. Byrn Mawr's and M. CareyThomas, in 1921 made a school for women that provided academic training, union-organizing skills, and lessons in participatory democracy that lasted for ten years.A lot of universities and colleges would not allow married women to attend because there was so few jobs some states passed laws to not allow women to work.Unlike men they had to graduate elementary school to be able to work.A 1992 report published by the American Association of University Women showed that gender bias against girls and women continues to pervade our educational system; teachers pay more attention to boys than to girls; textbooks ignore or stereotype women; and vocational education programs continue to channel women into traditionally female-dominated, low-wage

In the 1800s, the U.S. became more industrialized and factories started to become more common. This was the beginning of the market revolution, where people buy and sell goods instead of making everything by themselves. People could trade the money they earn from working for the things they needed. As the market revolution thrust workers into new systems of production, it redefined gender roles of women in family and society. During the first half of the nineteenth century, the market revolution played a significant role in changes in gender roles.

During the early 1800's women were stuck in the Cult of Domesticity. Women had been issued roles as the moral keepers for societies as well as the nonworking house-wives for families. Also, women were considered unequal to their male companions legally and socially. However, women’s efforts during the 1800’s were effective in challenging traditional intellectual, social, economical, and political attitudes about a women’s place in society.

Education of women in America has changed immensely. Between colonial times and the present day, women have made great strides in education. In colonial times, education for most women was limited to reading the bible. Since then, women have earned equality in primary and secondary education as well as college. This process has been aided by the enacting laws and through decisions of the courts. This has led to the equal opportunity that women enjoy today.

Throughout the 19th century the battle between academies and high schools was prominent. Each having their own effective and unique strategies, curriculum, and gender based teaching. These schools both showed what it takes to prepare students for college, and continuing on with the foundation given to students by the common schools that came before them. Throughout this essay a background of both schools will be giving, the curriculum that was taught, as well as the gender based difference in female education and participation in both schools. The Academy and High School Background

In the mid to late nineteenth century, America was full of potential. Settlers were cultivating the west, blacks that were once captive were no longer enslaved, and a woman’s role in society was undergoing a transformation. The reality of this all was, blacks were not considered equal status with whites, American Indians were being pushed out west and women were still considered second-class citizens.

At the end of the 18th century and during the 19th century, there were many changes to public ideology that affected the way that women perceived their roles in society. Prior to these changes, women had adopted the beliefs of separate “spheres” separating work into public life and their duties as mothers at home1. Women stayed at home to take care of the children and provide a warm, welcoming home for their husbands to take refuge from public life. Women became aware of their lack of legal and political power after the American Revolutionary War ended as they were denied the right to the same freedoms that granted the right to vote to the white, property-owning male population2. Despite granting women more liberty to run businesses, farms,

Education was not equal between the sexes and neither between the classes. Gentlemen were educated at home until they were old enough to attend well-known or lesser schools. A lady’s schooling was

Gender roles were sharply defined in the 19th century. Women were expected to stay at home and carry out the domestic duties as well as taking care of the children and educate them and provide a peaceful home for their husband. Women were seen as loving and caring. On the other hand, men were expected to work and earn money for the family. They would fight wars and were seen as strong and powerful. Men had more freedom and rights, such as the right to vote, than women in the 19th century. Society had created two completely separate spheres. In the medical field, men were doctors. There were laws in many states, such as, that prohibited women from becoming doctors. Women, who decided to practice medicine in the 19th century had to struggle with much opposition because it went against prevailing ideas about women’s role in society. Women belonged in the private and domestic sphere. Men belonged to competitive and immoral public sphere of industry and commerce. The women in medicine would face accusations that they were abandoning their sphere and threatening society. Due to these arguments and the fear of economic competition from female practitioner, male medical schools and hospitals denied women access to institutions. However, Elizabeth Blackwell, changed this idea of separate spheres when she decided to take on the medical field and become a doctor. Although Elizabeth Black had a natural aversion to the medical field, her

In the early 1700’s when America was first being founded young boys were being taught in schools or in homes while girls were not allowed in these places. As time went on in the late 1700’s and early 1800’s, girls were allowed to attend school. One of the most critical events in the history of education for women’s education was the creation of the Ladies Academy in 1787, which was an all- female school, which was primarily taught by men. The 1800’s were the most important changes for education for women. In 1815 the Female Seminary Movement began and was led by women whose goals were to offer