Women’s Education 1800s – Americans’ Experience of College

“College Life for Women” – Women’s Education 1800s

Sunday Magazine Volume 25, page 99, 1896

Aitken, Edith

London: Strahan Dewey Dec. 376

This 1896 article in a British popular magazine describes the daily life of a typical student at a British women’s university. Women’s education 1800s.

“Woman in College” – Women’s Education 1800s

Harvard Magazine Volume 6: page 353, 1860

Alden, Leonard Case

Boston: Harvard University Dewey Dec. 376

This essay addresses the question: “Ought women to be admitted to our colleges?”. The author considers it beyond serious discussion that women are equal to men in intellectual capabilities. Instead he concerns himself with the question as to whether women and men should be educated together in the same institutions, and if so, what would be the impact on the character of men and women students. Women’s education 1800s, American’s experience of college.

“Educated to Death: a Mother’s Story” – Women’s Education 1800s

Popular Science Monthly Volume 6: pp 57-60, 1874

Anonymous

NY: Appleton Dewey Dec. 376

This is a narrative by the mother of a teenager who was sent to a boarding school, where her health was destroyed by overwork. Women’s education 1800s.

Report on the Organization of a High School for Girls, and Seminary for Female Teachers, and Seminaries for the Education of Teachers for the Primary Schools – Women’s Education 1800s

Bache, Alex

Philadelphia: 1840 Dewey Dec. 376

The first document is a plan proposed to the Board of Controllers of the Public Schools in Philadelphia for the high school and seminary mentioned in the title. The plan for the girls’ high school includes: -(Requirements for) Admission, Course of Study (includes justification), -Discipline, -Exercise, etc., -Building

For the proposed Seminary for Female Teachers, the plan covers similar topics to those above. There is also a discussion of the proposed ‘organization’ or administration of both institutions.

The document entitled “Seminaries for the Education of Teachers for the Primary Schools” seems to be a description of various existing seminaries in Europe. Women’s education 1800s.

“Self-help among American College Girls” – History of Women’s Education in America

Nineteenth Century Volume 39: page 502, 1896

Banks, Elizabeth L.

London: King Dewey Dec. 376

By “Self-help” the author refers to the means by which girls earn money to pay for college. American’s experience of college.

The Condition of Woman in the United States; a Traveler’s Notes – History of Women’s Education in America

Bentzon, Therese

Boston: Roberts 1895 Dewey Dec. 376

Bentzon, better known as Madame Blanc, was a popular French author of both fiction and non-fiction.
Contents: Biographical Sketch of Madame Blanc, 1. First Impressions. In Chicago. Women’s Clubs, 2. Boston, 3. Colleges for Women. Co-Education. University Extension, 4. A Woman’s Prison. Homes and Clubs for Working Women. Domestic Life. Industrial Schools. Agricultural Institute at Hampton: Negroes and Negresses. Women’s education 1800s.

A Visit to some American Schools and Colleges – History of Women’s Education in America

Blake, Sophia Jex

London: Macmillan 1867 Dewey Dec. 376

Contents: 1. Boston to Oberlin, 2. Oberlin, 3. Hillsdale, 4. St. Louis, 5. Antioch, 6. The Public Schools of America, 7. The Public Schools, continued. – Salem Normal School, 8. And Last. Women’s education 1800s, American’s experience of college.

The Education of American Girls: Considered in a Series of Essays – History of Women’s Education in America

Brackett, Anna C., ed.

NY: G. P. Putnam’s Sons 1874 Dewey Dec. 376

A book of essays, all written by women working in the education field. Some are reports of women’s education at universities that were written by or officially approved by administrators.
Contents: -Education of American Girls, -A Mother’s Thought, -The Other Side, -Effects of Mental Growth, -Girls and Women in England and America, -Mental Action and Physical Health, -Michigan University, -Mount Holyoke Seminary, -Oberlin College, -Vassar College, -Antioch College, -Letter from a German Woman, -Review of “Sex in Education”, -Appendix. Women’s education 1800s.

Woman and The Higher Education – History of Women’s Education in America

Brackett, Anna C., ed.

NY: Harper 1903 Dewey Dec. 376

Sex in Education; or, A Fair Chance for Girls – Women’s Education 1800s

Clarke, Edward H., M.D.

Boston: Osgood 1875 Dewey Dec. 376

The first edition of this book was released in 1873 and stimulated a discussion in periodicals in 1873 and 1874. See the collection of essays in the volume edited by Julia Ward Howe, found on this page. Women’s education 1800s.

American Female Education: What? And By Whom? A Lecture – History of Women’s Education in America

Cushman, Robert Woodward

Boston: Jewett 1855 Dewey Dec. 376

Cushman was the Principal of the Mount Vernon Ladies’ School, a French and English Protestant boarding school, at the time he delivered this lecture before the Columbian Association of Teachers at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. Women’s education 1800s.

An Address on Female Education, delivered Nov. 21, 1827 at the Opening of the Edifice Erected for the Accommodation of the Hartford Female Seminary – History of Women’s Education in America

Gallaudet, Thomas Hopkins

Hartford: Huntington 1828 Dewey Dec. 376

Gallaudet was a pioneer in the education of the deaf.

Sex and Education; A Reply to Dr. E. H. Clarke’s “Sex in Education” – Women’s Education 1800s

Howe, Julia Ward, ed.

Boston, Roberts 1874 Dewey Dec. 376

This volume is a collection of essays by the writers below, responding to the book by Dr. Edward H Clark entitled Sex in Education; or, A Fair Chance for Girls, which can be found on this page.
Contents: 1. Julia Ward Howe, 2. Thomas Wentworth Higginson, 3. Mrs. Horace Mann, 4. Ada Shepard Badger, 5. Caroline H. Dall, 6. By C., 7. Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, 8. From “Boston Daily Advertiser”, 9. Mercy B. Jackson, 10. Professor Bascom, 11. Abby W. May, 12. Maria A. Elmore, 13. A. C. Garland
Testimony from Colleges, – Vassar College, – Antioch College, – Michigan University, – Lombard University, – Oberlin College Women’s education 1800s.

What Shall we Do With our Daughters? Superfluous Women, and other Lectures – Women’s Education 1800s

Livermore, Mary Ashton

Boston: Lee and Shepard 1883 Dewey Dec. 376

Contents: 1. Changed Conditions of Woman’s Life, 2. Physical Education, 3. Higher Education, 4. Need of Practical Training, 5. Industrial and Technical Training, 6. Moral and Religious Training, 7. Superfluous Women.

Letters to School Girls – Women’s Education 1800s

Mathews, Joseph (Rev.)

Cincinnati: Swormstedt & Poe 1853 Dewey Dec. 376

A set of essays by the principal of the Oakland Female Seminary in Hillsboro, Ohio. Titles are: -Study, -Reading, -Lies, -Conversation, -Manners, -Religion, -Prayer, -The Sabbath, -Eighth Commandment, -Dancing, -Health, -Temperance, -Missions, -Vulgarisms, -Marriage, -Duties to Parents, -Temper, -Spoiled Girls, -Teaching, -Valedictory, Female Education 19th century.

Rational Education for Girls

Murdock, Elizabeth Hutchinson

NY: Crowell 1899 Dewey Dec. 376

Liberal Education of Women: The Demand and the Method. Current Thoughts in America and England – Americans’ Experience of College

Orton, James, ed.

NY: Barnes 1873 Dewey Dec. 376

The book contains articles from the U.S. and England that touched on liberal or collegiate education of women, and were considered to offer “leading thoughts upon the method of meeting this demand of the age.” The 36 chapters include published articles from magazines and student publications, and reports by University administrators. Women’s education 1800s.

Address on the Education of Woman, delivered at the Anniversary of the Pittsfield Young Ladies’ Institute – Americans’ Experience of College

Palmer, Ray

Albany: Gray, Sprague 1852 Dewey Dec. 376

Catalog of Literature for Advisers of Young Women and Girls – Women’s Education in America 1900s

Pierce, Anna Eloise

Wilson 1921 Dewey Dec. 016.3

“An annotated list of about two thousand titles of the most representative and useful books and periodical articles for the use of Deans and Advisors of women and girls; Heads of women’s schools; Instructors of young women …” [goes on to list many other types of advisors to young women]
The contents are organized under about 50 selected subject categories in the Dewey Decimal system. American’s experience of college.

“History of the Michigan Female College, and a Sketch of the Life and Work of Miss A. C. Rogers” – Women’s Education 1800s

Report of the Pioneer Society of the State of Michigan Vol 6, 1884, 284-290

Smith, Eliza C.

Lansing: W. S. George Dewey Dec. 376

This paper, authored by an alumnus of the subject college, describes the efforts by Miss A. C. Rogers and others, beginning in 1855, to establish a university for women in Lansing. The ‘college’ was begun in the face of great adversity and indifference, and operated for about 15 years, apparently without achieving recognition as a university. A substantial portion of the article consists of a biographical sketch of Miss Rogers. Women’s education 1800s.

Thoughts on Female Education

Stith, Mrs. Townshend

Philadelphia: Clark & Raser 1831 Dewey Dec. 376

The College Woman – Americans’ Experience of College

Thwing, C: F.

Baker 1894 Dewey Dec. 376

Discusses problems of woman’s college life, her preparatory work, studies, environment, health and her duties to and influence on the community. -A.L.A.Catalog 1904. Women’s education 1800s, American’s experience of college.

Contributions towards a Bibliography of the Higher Education of Women – Women’s Education 1800s

Trustees of the Public Library in Boston

Boston: 1897 Dewey Dec. 376

Woman’s Unfitness for Higher Coeducation – Women’s Education in America 1900s

Van De Warker, Ely M.D.

NY: Grafton 1903 Dewey Dec. 376

The author was Commissioner of Schools, Syracuse, New York. Women’s education 1800s.

Female College Education – Collection – Women’s Education 1800s

33 selected books on the Hathi Trust site, published between 1839 and 1904. “Mostly 19th c sources about college education for young women in US, including arguments for/against college education, reminiscences about education by women of the day, and descriptions of curricula used.” – Compiler. Women’s education 1800s, American’s experience of college.

College Girl Fiction – Collection – Women’s Education 1800s

Collection of 66 selected books on the Hathi Trust site. “Fictional accounts of life at women’s colleges from approximately 1870 to 1930. This list also includes some contemporary nonfiction about women’s colleges and women’s education, as well as more recent secondary sources.” – Compiler. Five of the books can not be read online. Women’s education 1800s, American’s experience of college.