American education started just as quickly as the settlers came to their "new world" however, until fairly recently, education has been predominantly male. Females were denied almost every right as a citizen, they could not hold property, could not vote, could not receive an education. Females were confined to the house to serve their father or husband, who owned them. There have been many pioneers for women's education. A few will be presented in this …showed first 75 words of 816 total…

…showed last 75 words of 816 total…and seventy-two countries, have an eight hundred acre campus, offer nearly one thousand courses, and thirty eight majors. In conclusion, women's education has improved tremendously in the last three hundred years. The fact that more women than men attend college today would have astounded these great pioneers, but would have delighted them, knowing that finally women's education is just as widely known as men's. Unfortunatly Polk County does not house any schools just for women.