Struggle of women for higher education

Fathi Habashi

doi:10.30544/306

Abstract

Higher education was denied for women in most countries mainly by the clergy till the beginning of the 20th century. Universities in most European countries were closed to female students. Few research centers accepted women researchers and similarly few university professors accepted women students. In spite of this many women chemists and physicists distinguished themselves in great discoveries and women got Nobel Prizes in physics and chemistry. Now, girl graduates from most colleges are twice the number of boys graduates.

Highlights

The situation of women in each society and in each epoch is the level of civilization that society has achieved in that era
Few research centers accepted women researchers and few university professors accepted women students. In spite of this many women, chemists and physicists distinguished themselves in great discoveries and women got Nobel Prizes in physics and chemistry
Elementary education in Colonial America was widespread in New England, but limited elsewhere

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Introduction

The situation of women in each society and in each epoch is the level of civilization that society has achieved in that era. In spite of this many women, chemists and physicists distinguished themselves in great discoveries and women got Nobel Prizes in physics and chemistry. The Morrill Land-Grant Colleges Act of 1862 founded universities to educate both men and women in practical fields of study, though women's courses were still centered around home economics.

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