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The education of girls and young adult women in Colonial America appears to have received inadequate attention. Limited attention has contributed to a one-sided view of women's edu cation as being extremely impoverished when contrasted with the education of men. Such a view appears to have resulted from an overemphasis, in educational histories, on formal public schooling. This article briefly explores the contribution of other educational agencies such as the home, apprenticeship, and evening schools. The analysis contributes to the formulation of propositions sug gesting that while a sex bias apparently favored males in quality and quantity of educational opportunity, women's education in Colonial America was richer than is popularly conceived.

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Women's Education in Colonial America

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