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Boston English High School, one of the first public high schools in the U.S. opens
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The first state funded school specifically for teacher education opens in Lexington, Massachusetts.
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The Massachusetts Supreme court rules that the Boston Public school can deny enrollment of African American children to segregated, "whites only" schools.
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Elizabeth Blackwell graduates from Medical College, becoming the first woman to graduate from medical school.
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The University of Iowa is the first state university "to admit men and women on an equal bias."
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The first kindergarten in the U.S. is started in Watertown, Wisconsin, founded by Margrethe Shurz.
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The panic of 1873 causes bank foreclosures, business failures, and job loss. The economic depression that follows results in reduced revenues for education. Southern schools are bit particularly hard, making a bad situation worse.
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Merry Medical College is founded in Nashville, Tennessee. It is the first medical school in the south for African Americans.
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Joliet Junior College, in Joliet, Illinois, opens. It is the first public community college in the U.S.
