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Women in Education Women in Education
Women in Education Sources Young Girls.Limited opportunities for schooling were available to girls and young women. Even though Protestant belief acknowledged the same route to salvation for men and women, and thus the same need for literacy, female education in... Read more
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Dorothea Beale Dorothea Beale
Dorothea Beale English educator Dorothea Beale (1831-1906) was an instrumental figure in gaining acceptance for a more intellectual education for women. While principal of the Cheltenham Ladies' College in the late 1800s, she introduced courses such as history and physical geography into the... Read more
Mississippi State University for Women Mississippi State University for Women
Mississippi State University for Women at Columbus; the first state-supported women's college; chartered 1884, opened 1885 as Mississippi Industrial Institute and College, renamed Mississippi State College for Women 1920, achieved university status 1974. It has graduate programs in education and... Read more
Girl Scouts Girl Scouts
Girl Scouts Girl Scouts of the USA, the largest voluntary organization for girls in America, is the only major group largely run by women ever since its inception. In 2003, there were 3.8 million Girl Scouts; more than fifty million women and girls have belonged to the organization since its... Read more
Amelia Jenks Bloomer Amelia Jenks Bloomer
Amelia Jenks Bloomer 1818-94, American reformer, b. Homer, N.Y. She was editor (1848-54) of the Lily, first published in Seneca Falls, N.Y., and devoted to women's rights and to temperance. In 1851 she recommended and adopted the reformed dress of short skirt and full trousers introduced by... Read more
Occupational Medicine Occupational Medicine
MEDICINE, OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE, OCCUPATIONAL, attempts to maintain workers' health, prevent disease, and treat the results of occupational disease or accident. The field of occupational medicine in its modern form developed largely through the efforts of women reformers during the Progressive... Read more
Catharine Esther Beecher Catharine Esther Beecher
Catharine Esther Beecher 1800-1878, American educator, b. East Hampton, N.Y.; daughter of Lyman Beecher. She first taught in New London, Conn., and in 1824 founded a girls' school in Hartford. Later she organized the Western Female Institute in Cincinnati (1832) and similar institutions in Quincy,... Read more
Ra (element) Ra (element)
Ra symbol for the element radium .... Read more
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks fraternal and charitable society founded (1868) in New York City. Through the Elks National Foundation, located in Chicago, the group carries on a broad-ranging program of charity and welfare, giving to such organizations as the Salvation Army, the Red Cross,... Read more

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