In the 1800s, most women’s education was at home learning domestic skills, such as cleaning. Many women in high school weren’t expected to go to college and the only colleges available were private and primarily only taught reading and writing. Even if a women went to college, the likelihood when would have a job in their major was extremely low, In fact, if a woman had a job she would have to quit after she got married to stay home to cook, clean and take care of children. Many Americans didn’t believe women should work outside the home and only men should make all the money for the household. In the 1920s, many women were needed to teach elementary school children, and about eight percent of the female population had enrolled in college,