In Thoughts Upon Female Education, Benjamin Rush explained his thoughts surrounding the schooling of women. Rush argued and provided many reasons why educating women was beneficial and not harmful. Throughout the reading, Rush listed reasons and activities that required women to be educated, for the purpose of advancing the nation. Rush believed that women needed schooling for multiple reasons, such as “A principle share of the instruction of children naturally devolves upon the women. It becomes us therefore to prepare them by a suitable education” (Rush, 1787, 1). Rush argued that women are important, in regards to education, because the future generations of America are raised under the mother. Mothers have the duty of influencing and raising
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Women have accomplished education equality in the nation, which thus meets the expectation of liberty Rush had argued for in his essay. Lastly, another element Rush viewed as necessary for the education of women was the quality of a domestic life. Rush concluded that the domestic life of a woman should be well developed because “Vocal Music should never be neglected, in the education of a young lady, in the country” (Rush, 1787, 1). In order for a woman to have a well-structured domestic life she must be musically educated. Rush claimed that music should never be neglected in the education of women, if schooling were to be achieved for all females. The topic of domestic life and education still coexist today and also link to each other. Education is essential for a well-developed domestic life, which can still be proven in American society. Women who are educated tend to have a fairly structured domestic life whereas one who isn’t educated has a poor domestic life. Rush thus found it necessary for females to have some form of musical education in order to establish a well domestic …show more content…
During that time, Thomas Jefferson had rose to power after winning the election of 1800 and completed the biggest buy of land in American history. The Louisiana purchase was the land bought from France to America, which most of the land had been unknown. Jefferson had increasingly become interested in the unknown lands that were admitted in America and issued Lewis on an exploration of the land. In the letter written by Jefferson, the president instructed Lewis to collect new information of the land such as “The names of the nations & their numbers; the extent & limits of their possessions; their relations with other tribes of nations” (Jefferson, 1805, 1). Jefferson had chosen Lewis as the man who would account for the information about the uncharted lands of America, as he would afterward report it to the president. In the letter, Jefferson had addressed the topic of Native Americans in the new land with statements such as “make them acquainted with the position, extent, character, peaceable & commercial dispositions of the U.S. of our wish to be neighborly, friendly & useful to them, & of our dispositions to a commercial intercourse with them” (Jefferson, 1805, 1). Jefferson had advised Lewis to maintain peaceful relations with the tribes that he shall encounter for trading purposes. At the time, Jefferson believed that if good relations
Women have accomplished education equality in the nation, which thus meets the expectation of liberty Rush had argued for in his essay. Lastly, another element Rush viewed as necessary for the education of women was the quality of a domestic life. Rush concluded that the domestic life of a woman should be well developed because “Vocal Music should never be neglected, in the education of a young lady, in the country” (Rush, 1787, 1). In order for a woman to have a well-structured domestic life she must be musically educated. Rush claimed that music should never be neglected in the education of women, if schooling were to be achieved for all females. The topic of domestic life and education still coexist today and also link to each other. Education is essential for a well-developed domestic life, which can still be proven in American society. Women who are educated tend to have a fairly structured domestic life whereas one who isn’t educated has a poor domestic life. Rush thus found it necessary for females to have some form of musical education in order to establish a well domestic …show more content…
During that time, Thomas Jefferson had rose to power after winning the election of 1800 and completed the biggest buy of land in American history. The Louisiana purchase was the land bought from France to America, which most of the land had been unknown. Jefferson had increasingly become interested in the unknown lands that were admitted in America and issued Lewis on an exploration of the land. In the letter written by Jefferson, the president instructed Lewis to collect new information of the land such as “The names of the nations & their numbers; the extent & limits of their possessions; their relations with other tribes of nations” (Jefferson, 1805, 1). Jefferson had chosen Lewis as the man who would account for the information about the uncharted lands of America, as he would afterward report it to the president. In the letter, Jefferson had addressed the topic of Native Americans in the new land with statements such as “make them acquainted with the position, extent, character, peaceable & commercial dispositions of the U.S. of our wish to be neighborly, friendly & useful to them, & of our dispositions to a commercial intercourse with them” (Jefferson, 1805, 1). Jefferson had advised Lewis to maintain peaceful relations with the tribes that he shall encounter for trading purposes. At the time, Jefferson believed that if good relations