Women & Education

I. Ideology and Social Stratification

A. Ideology ~~~ a system of ideas that helps to create &/or reproduce a given social order

1. Ideology –> Legitimation

II. Education, Ideology & Stratification: Girls & Women

A. Ideology: main ideas about women

B. Three main views of women, 1800-1850:

1. Conservative

2. Liberal

3. Radical

III. Higher ed. for women

A. Academies (age of = 1820-1870)

B. Normal Schools (teacher-training)

C. High Schools (ca. 1820s-1850s)

D. Colleges (1830s-1860s, female colleges created)

IV. Turn of 20^th century: Modernization

A. —> vocational education

B. “Domestic Science” training

C. Clerical training (commercial ed.)

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