Sumner's parents played a huge role in the education of their son. They would work extra hours to be able to buy him textbooks and other reading materials needed for his education. In 1911, at the age of 15 Sumner enrolled at Lincoln University, where he sat and passed a written exam in order to be accepted because he did not have a high school diploma. In 1915, Sumner graduated from Lincoln University at the age of twenty. He formed many good friendships at Lincoln; two of the most important were his relationships with the president of Clark University G. Stanley Hall, and his relationship with James P. Porter who was the Dean of Clark University and a professor of psychology.
Well, for most women subordination to men was the norm, from childhood young girls were taught that the father was the head of the family. It could be argued that most women didnʼt mind being placed below males
Now books pile up for school. There were a lot of changes in education like the books and teaching skills but still all for the best. Kids were taught what their fathers did for a living so they could carry on the family business. Learning whatever you like is now allowed like being a doctor, dentist, and veterinarian. Choosing your career is you choice, but you can still follow in the family business.
Back on those day education for women was very limited and had we attended school back in those days we would probably end up learning about cooking, cleaning, and about how to please and cater to your husband's needs when you got married, as well as take care of children. Young girls didn't have the choice to get an education, and only a few girls could go to school, because usually their family could only afford to send one child to school, and the boy would be their first pick. Girls have a chance to go to university now and get a good, well-paying job. Back in the 1920's and the 1930's, women usually just skipped university after high school and began working, doing a 'female job', once they were done. These days in school we learn about important things, and girls can get the education that they need to have a good
While apprenticing for his brother James, Benjamin decided that he would improve his education. Benjamin would read everyday and would also take writings, that were previously written by other famous authors and would rewrite them and would see if he could make them better. His apprenticeship with his brother James led Benjamin to start one of his own, The Pennsylvania Gazette. After many years of publishing for the Pennsylvania Gazette and writing books of his own, Franklin later on retired his business and worked for a number of years after developing projects for education. His first project was poor Richard's Almanac, in which it was hugely successful for laying a foundation for early
The education was meant for the men. She did not attend school; however, she did receive her knowledge from eight tutors and her father that always strived to teach her new things. Bradstreet loved to read and through reading she gained knowledge to help her succeed in the world. Her father, Thomas Dudley was the steward of the Earl of Lincoln estate. This is where she had access to a wonderful library that was full of many authors that she became well known too.
Women were expected to marry, have children and financially they were expected to be fully dependent on their husbands. Women rarely had careers and most professions refused entry to women. However, between the years 1850 and 1901 women’s role in society began to be challenged. There were a number of reasons for this,
Group | Mark | Comments: Pre-1968 | Comments: Post-1968 | Women | Pre-1968:_____D_____Post-1968: _____B+_____ | * Women only had a few rights. * They were excluded from universities and professional schools. * If they did work, they would do it beside their husbands in a farm or factory. * Most women stayed at home and took care of their children and husbands. * Not many jobs were offered to women outside of nursing and teaching.
The Depression hit women, like other minority groups in American society, similarly harsh because of that payrolls of many communities and private companies were open only to males. The main role of women during the Great Depression was that of the homemaker. Some women had gone through college level education and, like their male counterparts, were having a difficult time of finding employment. Those with families had the task of keeping their family together, as the traditional view of motherhood role, when the principle moneymaker of the family was out of work. However, some women joined the work force and would do jobs that men previously had held.
Only the men would work to support the family. It was rare and almost none existing that a woman worked at all. Kimberly A. Hall, author of WOMEN IN WARTIME, writes: Picture 1: Vintage Sexism ad Adapted form: We Are Still the Weaker Sex, Ladies’ Home Journal, September 1944 The expected role of a women in the 1940s was to create a Comfortable home for her husband and properly raise the children. The Majority of women upheld these expectations during the Second World War.