16. Main developments in social change for women rights (1865-1914)
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- Main developments in social change for women rights (1865-1914)
- 1870, more boys than girls were in school but by 1920 this had become equal
- Roughly two thirds of white children of both sexes being educated
- By 1890, there were more female high-school graduates than male and secondary education had expanded generally
- AA girls did less well, but even here percentage from 10% to 30% from 1870 to 1870-1914
- but even here percentage from 10% to 30% from 1870 to 1870-1914
- Women teachers:
- 60% to 86% from 1870 to 1914
- Proportion of women in higher education remained lower
- Although number of women with degrees doubled, only 30% of university degrees were awarded to women by 1920
- Growth in education and employment led to women being more confident in participating in public campaigns
- more cooperation and considerable expansion of women's clubs
- Women writers became more numerous
- Less progress in:
- terms of equality of economic opportunity
- Rewards
- Ability to gain access to managerial positions, to enter traditional male professions
- e.g. medicine or law
- To make decisions or to gain political equality
- 1870, more boys than girls were in school but by 1920 this had become equal
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