The Ascent of Woman Series-The Origins of the Education of Women

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The evolving status of women in the world today will be explored at The Commonwealth Club throughout the month of August in the series The Ascent of Woman.


Through speakers, panels, films and art, we will examine this transformational period in women's history, this dramatic shift from the expectation of our mothers' choices, to how we work and live today in ways that reach out through our families and communities to reverberate throughout the nation.


The Ascent of Woman series will illuminate women's lives today, where women are redefining what a 'woman's place' will be.


The Origins of the Education of Women


Patricia Lundberg, Professor Emerita of English Language and Literature and Women’s Studies, Indiana University Northwest


Monday Night Philosophy peers back in history, where not that many men were educated, and almost no women. How was that stifling cultural ideal challenged and changed, so that the ascent of woman could get started? The history of breaking this taboo, and who did it, is bound to surprise you.


This program was recorded in front of a live audience at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco on August 2, 2010