Fourth grader Olivia Blodgett protests a plan to build a retirement community for seniors on land where she and her friends ski, skate, and invent imaginative games. Even though she faces opposition from adults and even her friends, she refuses to give up.
Fourth grader Olivia Blodgett protests a plan to build a retirement community for seniors on land where she and her friends ski, skate, and invent ima...
In the early nineteenth century education for girls was limited to the reading, writing, religion, and simple arithmetic offered at the local district schools. Boys had always been allowed to attend college or become apprenticed to skilled workmen. But girls had no such opportunities until pioneer educators began to establish seminaries for young women where they could receive advanced learning. In 1831 Prudence Crandall was proud that her reputation as an outstanding teacher had prompted the male leaders of the town to select her to head a girls' seminary in Canterbury, Connecticut. The...
In the early nineteenth century education for girls was limited to the reading, writing, religion, and simple arithmetic offered at the local district...
