The Higher Education of Women

""The Higher Education of Women"" is a book written by Emily Davies that explores the history and importance of women's education. The book was first published in 1866 and is considered a seminal work in the movement for women's rights and education. Davies argues that women should have access to the same educational opportunities as men, and she provides a detailed analysis of the obstacles that have prevented women from achieving this goal. The book also includes a discussion of the benefits of women's education, both for individual women and for society as a whole. Davies draws on her own experiences as a teacher and advocate for women's education to make a compelling case for the importance of this issue. Overall, ""The Higher Education of Women"" is a thought-provoking and insightful work that remains relevant to contemporary debates about gender and education.1866. Emily Davies, British feminist and cofounder of Girton College, Cambridge, was an advocate for obtaining the admission of women to university examinations. Out of this undertaking grew a committee to form a college for women. The college was organized at Hitchin, Hertfordshire and then transferred to Cambridge as Girton College. Davies was mistress of the college and its honorary secretary until 1904. She was closely associated with the English woman-suffrage movement and was active in organizing the first woman-suffrage petition presented to Parliament by John Stuart Mill in 1866. The Higher Education of Women is one of her writings. Contents: Ideals; Things as They Are; Things as They Might Be; Professional and Domestic Life; and Specific Suggestions.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.