Women at School Higher education is opening up for women, but is not yet fully integrated. Separate schools are established that only admit women. Still, women are now being prepared for work in hospitals, being introduced to skills that nurses have never been taught before. Young black women are slowly being introduced to the white world. Many of their grandparents were slaves.

	Women Unleashed ... a little America's first women's rights convention is held back in 1848. by 1910, women's dormitories at college and university still largely reflect the expectation that women, after graduation, will return to their proper place. The home. The ground floors often feature large, lavishly-furnished receptions rooms, suggesting that women should come down to practice socializing, after finishing their studies upstairs. Some young women rebel, socializing instead in their rooms, upstairs (bottom).
	Wanted: Engineers For men, the biggest change is the rise of engineering to the pinnacle of social status. Engineers are accorded deep respect, reflecting the belief that America is rising on the basis of industrial expertise, and rewarding those who understand how things work. Most lawyers and doctors of the time can scarcely compete, in terms of either admiration or income.