The History of Girls’ Ed in Baltimore

On May 15 one of our faculty members, Dr. Betsy Nix, presented her latest work at the spring Faculty Symposium in the LEHS division.  “Sweat Equity,” which will be a chapter in the forthcoming Baltimore Sports, examines the founding of Bryn Mawr School for Girls in the 1870s.   Challenging gender norms for the time, Bryn Mawr incorporated competitive athletics into the school curriculum, a century before Title IX promised equality for women in public education.  LEHS presents a faculty symposium every semester, to provide a forum for professors to discuss their latest research.

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