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Education In The 1800's

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Education improved in the 1800’s due the efforts of many people opening opportunities. This included Horace Mann, the head of the Massachusetts state board of education. For 12 years, Mann hounded state legislators to provide more money for education. Eventually, Mann led Massachusetts to build more schools, extend the school year, give the teachers a higher pay, and open three colleges for training teachers. Many northern states followed this path and began to open free elementary schools supported by taxes. In addition to Horace Mann, Emma Willard and Mary Lyon helped to better education, for women specifically. The efforts of Emma Willard led to a high school in Troy, New York where women learned men’s subjects, such as mathematics, physics,
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