 ... It is my hope — it was my only hope and desire — indeed, it has been the main incentive to all I have already done, or may hereafter do, or hope to do, to inaugurate a new era in the history and life of woman. The attempt you are to aid me in...  Life and Letters of John Howard Raymond - Page 562by John Howard Raymond - 1880 - 744 pagesFull view - About this book
 | United States. Office of Education - Agricultural colleges - 1918 - 1450 pages
...which should fulfill the requirement of a liberal education for women. One stipulation only he made, " that the educational standard should be high, * *...the advantages too long monopolized by the other." 2 When the trustees of Vassar College took up their task of creating its curriculum, a number of sources... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1918 - 814 pages
...and life of woman. The attempt you are to aid me in making fails wholly of its point if it be not an advance, and a decided advance. I wish to give one...the advantages too long monopolized by the other. Ours is, and is to be, an institution for women — not men. In all its labors, positions, rewards... | |
 | Maryann Bruno, Elizabeth A. Daniels - History - 2001 - 134 pages
...Vassar stipulated that standards should be high to allow women to "advance." He charged his trustees, "1 wish to give one sex all the advantages too long monopolized by the other." To follow the progress of Vassar College in these photographs is to discern the growth of higher education... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - Education - 1867 - 178 pages
...are to aid me in making fails wholly of its point if it be not an advance, and a decided advance. T wish to give one sex all the advantages too long monopolized by the other. Ours is, and is to be, an institution for women — not men. In all its labors, positions, rewards,... | |
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