1862

WASHINGTON, Vermont

Public School, Teachers, Equal Rights, Women, Education, Powerful Women in History, Women's roles, women's rights

During a visit to America, women's welfare activist, Emily Faithfull examined the vast inequality that existed between men and women teachers and concluded that the situation was unfortunately no better for English women. The "feminization of teaching" had just begun to evolve around the time of her visit (1862);the majority of teaching positions in America, from the colonial period to the middle of...