world" however, until fairly recently, education has been predominantly male. Females were denied almost every right as a citizen, they could not hold property, could not vote, could not receive an education. Females were confined to the house to serve their father or husband, who owned them. There have been many pioneers for women's education. A few will be presented in this paper. They are: Emma Hart Willard, Olivia Slocum Sage, and Mary Lyon.

Emma Hart's education started when she was a very small girl, it is possible that her father, Samuel Hart, could have squashed her inquizitiveness when it was just beginning to ripen. On the contrary, he encouraged it. He had a very libral frame of mind in his day, and he educated his little girl as much as he could. When Emma was twelve she started to teach herself geometry, a study previously thought incapable for a female mind. Her father helped her study and even engaged her in philosophical discussions. When Emma was in her late teens she first attended, then eventually taught at several "girls academies" which were finishing schools. In 1809 at the age of twenty two, she married Dr.

Georgia. The schools popularity only grew, in 1830, as Troy's population neared

enrolled, twenty-nine from Troy, and some from as far away as North Carolina and

One of the more famous graduates was Olivia Solcum Sage, Russell Sage's

John Willard. It was at this time she stopped her teaching and focused on being a wife and mother to John's children and her own baby.

She desired for her plan to get noticed by men in public office, and for this reason she turned her attention towards New York State. She sent her plan to some very important men seeking approval: Governor Clinton, President Monroe, Thomas Jefferson and John Adams. They all approved her philosophy, although Emma never maintained that women were the political equals of men or should assume roles independent as men. In 1819 Emma moved her school from Vermont to Waterford, New York. The Troy Common Council raised four thousand dollars by taxes for Emma's expendatures, John Willard leased a building for Emma at a cost of four hundered dollars.

reasonable education for women in the United States.

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