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Emma Willard Willard was born on February 23, 1787 in Berlin, Connecticut. She was a women's education activist. Willard wished to improve the curriculum of poor women's schools to the caliber of men's and create a higher education for women. She also wished for women's schools to be publicly funded such as men's were, although legislature commented that women's education was contrary to God's will. Willard created a boarding school in her own home in 1814 and created a pamphlet in 1819 entitled //A Plan for Improving Female Education.// In September of 1821 Willard began the first higher education for women, the Troy Female Seminary. In her later years, Willard traveled Europe and America lecturing and publishing articles on women's education, which encouraged Athens, Greece to establish a school for women. This method proved effective for the time, in which news did not travel so quickly as today. Willard's travel and publishing of articles brought awareness to the issue. Willard was supported by New York Governor DeWitt Clinton when she wished to begin a higher education school for women. She also addressed New York Legislature in 1819 on the importance of female education. Public funding of all schools through taxes would provide all youth with an opourtunity to attend school. Government support of education would also help American citizens to be more open minded about the education of women. Prudence Crandall was criticized for educating an African American girl in a private school. She was the first to begin a multiracial classroom. Crandall and Willard both advocated education for women. Sojourner Truth was an advocate of women's rights and the rights of African Americans. She performed speeches about the importance of equal rights among women and men. Willard advocated the same equality in education.
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"Prudence Crandall." //Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia//. Wikimedia Foundation, 2 Sept. 2012. Web. 1 Oct. 2012. "Sojourner Truth." //Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia//. Wikimedia Foundation, 1 Oct. 2012. Web. 1 Oct. 2012. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sojourner_Truth