Women's Education and the American Midwest: Emancipated Spirits.

Griffin, Gail B.

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Publication Date: 1984

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Women's Education and the American Midwest: Emancipated Spirits.

Griffin, Gail B.

Change, v16 n1 p32-40 Jan-Feb 1984

Quality education for women on an equal basis to that of men had its initial inception in the American West. When Oberlin College admitted women to full status in 1833, the movement had begun. Coeducation and why it was a Western phenomenon is discussed. (MLW)

Descriptors: Coeducation, Educational History, Females, Feminism, Higher Education, Rural Areas, Teacher Education, United States History, Urban to Rural Migration, Womens Education

Publication Type: Historical Materials; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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