And just an addendum about woman as teachers. Does this then elimnate Laura Ingalls' biographical writings, Little House on the Prarie, and, in fact, the whole history of the one-room schoolhouse and the "schoolmarms', most of whom were very young ladies, as young as 15?
I think it builds esteem and confidence for young girls to learn there were such young women willing to take on so huge a responsibility. And then there was the heroic 15 year old schoolmarm in Nebraska during the Blizzard of 1888, when hundreds of one-room schoolchildren and teachers were trapped and perished, who saved her entire class by tying them together as the schoolhouse blew apart and led them all to safety through the blinding storm (I have this info, but I'd have to LIU). A wonderful story which should be more widely known.
