Explain the contribution of women for women in the early twentieth century
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By the early 20th Century suffrage was again an issue, as women began participating more in public life. Still, everything that was important, in terms of power and prestige, was under male control: politics, economy, etc.
When Vassar opened in 1865, the first college aimed exclusively at educating women, the ideas of equality began an upswing. With more education, more women were allowed to participate in society, but it was really only upper class women, whose families could bear the expense of the education. The success of Vassar and the other women’s colleges that followed in its success, germinated the idea that in education, if nowhere else, the roles could be equal. Women could be the intellect partners of men, even if they couldn’t be professional partners. From the late 1860s to the early twentieth century, women began to press to be allowed into professional occupations, as doctors and lawyers. (In the beginning, they could get the degrees but not the licenses to use them.)
When Vassar opened in 1865, the first college aimed exclusively at educating women, the ideas of equality began an upswing. With more education, more women were allowed to participate in society, but it was really only upper class women, whose families could bear the expense of the education. The success of Vassar and the other women’s colleges that followed in its success, germinated the idea that in education, if nowhere else, the roles could be equal. Women could be the intellect partners of men, even if they couldn’t be professional partners. From the late 1860s to the early twentieth century, women began to press to be allowed into professional occupations, as doctors and lawyers. (In the beginning, they could get the degrees but not the licenses to use them.)
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