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American education started just as quickly as the settlers came to their "new world" however, until fairly recently, education has been predominantly male. Females were denied almost every right as a citizen, they could not hold property, could not vote, could n ....

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.... discussions. When Emma was in her late teens she first attended, then eventually taught at several "girls academies" which were finishing schools. In 1809 at the age of twenty two, she married Dr. John Willard. It was at this time she stopped her teaching and focused on being a wife and mother to John's children and her own baby. Soon Emma Hart Willard got her fire back. This occured when she began reading the books John's eldest son brought home from college. Her feelings towards female education were rejuvinated. In 1812, the bank that John was the director of was robbed, leaving Emma and John in a bit of financial trouble. Partly to re ....