The thoughts upon the female education of Benjamin Rush in 1787 gave me hope about the independence of women began to recognize by the American's society. Through his writing, Rush supported the assessment of education for women by pointing out the advantages for the development of the country. He claimed that because women are the ones who will assist her husbands and teach the children, they should prepare proper knowledge of many disciplines like the English language, writing, geography, music, and so on. I realized that Rush support educational opportunities for women because of the benefit of men and future citizens of the country but not for the benefit of women. At that time, men still are the one who took control of the families and
