Alice EvansNov 19, 2022

Co-educational schools in 19th century were overwhelmingly located in the American West.

This saved costs & also reflected a Frontier mindset, where women were not presumed incapable of competing with men.

Founders emphasised women’s intellectual equality.

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Show threadAlice EvansNov 19, 2022

To prevent mischief between unmarried men and women, co-educational universities (like Nebraska) still imposed physical separation.

But this sharply contrasted with elitist East-coast universities like Yale where women were locked out (until 1969)

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Show threadDr. Zoë Plakias (she/her)
@draliceevans @histodons Really interesting! I teach at a school in the West that was originally a "normal school" for women when it opened in the late 19th century and then later became co-ed. Very curious to understand how these differences in early history/origins affect school cultures today.
Nov 19, 2022 at 8:30pmWeb