Benjamin Rush

 

Yuliet Renteria

EDU305 Power, Politics, and Schooling

Dorothy Knauer,PH.D

Assignment #2

                                 Module #1 History and Purpose of Education.

BENJAMIN RUSH, THOUGHTS UPON FEMALE EDUCATION,1787

In additional to his general thoughts on the education needed for a newly democratic nation, Benjamin Rush had quite specific designs for the education he thought women needed

Board of Visitor of Young Ladies’ Academy at Pennsylvania given in July 1787.

Rush was a one of the founders, outlines Rush’s desire to create a distinctly American and Democratic form of education that includes the expectation that democratic women will have a level of independence and responsibility far greater than their predecessors.

“They are good servants”

The woman has always carried the taboo of being the servant of the house, the obligation to keep the house clean, wash, cook, take care of the children and take care of their husbands. Young women did not have the privilege of learning or having an academic training. women could not have knowledge of reading, spelling, much less know more than men, nor have academic preparation. They were morally devalued.