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Education for girls
Mary, her sister Eliza, and her best friend fanny established their own school for girls at Newington Green -
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Famous works
Mary wrote her Vindication of the Rights of Men, she attacked Edmund Burke's Reflections on the Revolution in 1789. She wrote her Vindication of the Rights of Women arguing for greater equality between men and women. -
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Co-ed Schools
The first co-educational college to be founded was Oberlin Collegiate Institute in Oberlin, Ohio. But fully equal status for women did not arrive until 1837 -
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First Women Gathering
The first gathering devoted to women's rights in the United States was held in Seneca Falls, New York. -
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Turning point for women
There was a wide array of volunteerism among middle-class women—activists in progressive causes, members of women’s clubs and professional societies, temperance advocates, and participants in local civic and charity organizations.