What Is The Feminization Of Education During The Early Twentieth Century?

During the early twentieth century, one social movement focused on feminism and equal work opportunities, especially in education. The beginning of the century began with strategies to counteract the moral panic over the feminization of education. Women teachers were accused as the sole reason boys were flocking from public high schools. Hard-working female teachers were condemned for an undeveloped maternal instinct, criminalized for stealing a man’s job and underappreciated because of the common beliefs that women lacked strength, deliberative judgment, logical power, and executive force. Society believed that without male teachers, there would be a tremendous decline in the vigor of athletics, debates and every feature of student life.