Education of Women

M. Carey Thomas (1857–1935) was a pivotal figure in the advancement of higher education for women in the United States. An educator, feminist, and suffragist, Thomas is best remembered for her influential role as the second President of Bryn Mawr College, where she served from 1894 to 1922, and for her efforts to raise academic standards for women's education to equal those of men's. Thomas's semi...