I'd long assumed that male high school graduates outnumbered females in the late 19th / early 20th century US.

I was wrong.

"It should be noted that [high school] graduation rations for females have consistently been higher than those for males. In 1909--10, about 60 percent of the graduates were women."

120 Years of American Education: A Statistical Portrait, US Dept. Ed., 1993
https://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=93442

Though, yes:

• Racial inequality in graduation levels was high.
• Men greatly outnumbered women in higher education --- bachellors, masters, and PhD degrees.

The 1900 H.S. graduation rate in the US was 6.4%. The US confers a greater proportion of PhDs today.

Thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29099955

I've been schooled.

#ThatTimeIWasWrong

A few months back I'd responded to a UCSB professor's accusation that the late ecologist Garrett Hardin was racist as at best poorly argued.

I still think that.

But there's more evidence that's just surfaced that he both associating with exceedingly racist activists and making racist statements.

I've some direct contact with this story.

I'm still processing, but as new facts emerge, I DO change my mind.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/14/us/anti-immigration-cordelia-scaife-may.html

#GarrettHardin #overpopulation #racism #ThatTimeIWasWrong