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Emma Willard February 23, 1787- April 15, 1870 Women's Education Reformation

Emma Willard was raised in Connecticut by a family who supported her in reading and learning. From 1802 to 1804, she also attended a local school. This is what gave her the skills to become a teacher. Her first teaching post occurred in 1807 when she headed a female academy in Middlebury,Vermont. Afterwards, she married and moved on to open the Middlebury Female Seminary in 1814. The Middlebury Female Seminary was for advanced education for women who were denied college acceptance.

In 1819, Emma Willard addressed the opportunities for women when she wrote //Proposing a Plan for Improving Female Education//. This document addressed her plan to create a secondary school for women. She stated that women should be educated like men, but keeping in mind that women are not above men. She also made sure to make clear that the college will be different than a man's college. This school will teach them religion and moral, literacy, domestic jobs, and ornamental skills (drawing, painting, grace, and penmanship). The women will be properly educated and they can be able to teach their daughters. This plan was approved by the authorities of the time, and was strongly supported by Governor Clinton. Emma Willard demonstrated the educational movement for girls.

Emma Willard's method of improving America's educational rules was creating the Troy Female Seminary. The school was established 1821. For the first year, 90 girls were enrolled and by 1830, 15,000 girls were students of the school. This shows that her method was a success. The school at a secondary level gained respectability. Another method that was used was that Emma started "teaching of teaching" to girls who wanted to spread the movement. This was basically that girls who wished to teach were given the education to do so.

The government would be needed to finance the schools so they could start up. Even though after the school was opened and there was a price for boarding, the government needed to allow the creation of a school for girls.

There has been a lasting impact on American Society because women do get the same education as men and it demonstrates women's rights. The Troy Female Seminary also had a lasting impact because it is still run today as a school for girls but it is now called the Emma Willard School.

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Willard., Emma. "Emma Willard's Plan of Female Education." //Emma Willard: A Private Independent School for Girls//. N.p., n.d. Web. 4 Oct. 2011. .

1830, Troy's population was near 15, and 000. Its broad commerce with the. "Emma Hart Willard." //Emma Willard: A Private Independent School for Girls//. N.p., n.d. Web. 4 Oct. 2011. .