Monday, August 29, 2011

By the 1820s, more women were becoming teachers because...

  • they were demonstrably more intelligent than male candidates.
  • men scorned teaching as “women's work.”
  • state legislatures were pressured by women's rights advocates into broadening women's employment opportunities.
  • school authorities could pay women less than they paid men. 
ANSWER: By the 1820s, more women were becoming teachers because school authorities could pay women less than they paid men. 

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