Document Type
Podcast
Publication Date
12-9-2013
Keywords
education, women, benjamin rush, abigail adams
Abstract
This podcast examines the importance of the education of women imminently following the American Revolution. Benjamin Rush, an advocate for women's education, gave a lecture where he expressed why the United States needed to educate its women. Rush claimed that there was a social and patriotic purpose.
Recommended Citation
Buzolits, Hannah E., "Education of Women in Early America" (2013). U.S. Experience to 1877 Podcasts. 42.
https://openworks.wooster.edu/ushistorypodcasts/42
Podcast script .pdf (50 kB)