"In 1870, the first year a national survey was conducted, 7,993 men and 1,378 women received bachelor's degrees."My grandmother graduated from Monmouth College in Illinois around 1884 but I was still surprised by the number.
Blogging on bureaucracy, organizations, USDA, agriculture programs, American history, the food movement, and other interests. Often contrarian, usually optimistic, sometimes didactic, occasionally funny, rarely wrong, always a nitpicker.
Tuesday, March 27, 2007
Surprising Tidbit on Women
I was surprised to read in this Washington Times article on the predominance of women on college campuses that:
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