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The education of women in the United States: A guide to theory, teaching, and research (Routledge, 2014). online; Nash, Margaret A. "The historiography of education for girls and women in the United States." in William J Reese, William J. and John J. Rury, eds. Rethinking the History of American Education (2008) pp 143–159. excerpt
The American Association of University Women (AAUW), officially founded in 1881, [1] is a non-profit organization that advances equity for women and girls through advocacy, education, and research. [2] [3] The organization has a nationwide network of 170,000 members and supporters, [3] 1,000 local branches, [3] and 800 college and university ...
In the Company of Educated Women: A History of Women and Higher Education in America (1985). Whitson, Caroline (October 17, 2006). "The case for women's colleges". Columbia College. Archived from the original on September 26, 2007; Woody, Thomas. A History of Women's Education in the United States (2 vols.; 1929).
Girls tend to outperform boys in certain sub-topics such as biology and chemistry but do less well in physics and earth science. The gender gap has fallen significantly in science in secondary education among TIMSS trend countries : 14 out of 17 participating countries had no gender gap in science in 2015, compared to only one in 1995.
The consortium was founded in 1915 when Vassar President Henry Noble MacCracken called Vassar, Wellesley, Smith, and Mount Holyoke together “to deliver women opportunities for higher education that would improve the quality of life for the human family and that would put them on an equal footing with men in a democracy that was about to offer them the vote.” [3] The success of this Four ...
[1] [2] It is frequently called girls' education or women's education. It includes areas of gender equality and access to education. The education of women and girls is important for the alleviation of poverty. [3] Broader related topics include single-sex education and religious education for women, in which education is divided along gender ...
The annual U.S. News Best Colleges rankings for 2025 have been released.
Wellesley College in Massachusetts. The following is a list of current and historical women's colleges in the United States, organized by state.These are institutions of higher education in the United States whose student populations are composed exclusively or almost exclusively of women.