== Chapter 2 – Expanding Horizons for Educated Women ==

== Chapter 2 – Expanding Horizons for Educated Women ==

'''Molly Dewson writes home from Wellesley (1894-96)'''

'''''Molly Dewson writes home from Wellesley (1894-96)'''''

One thing I really liked about this story was how Molly talked about  how she struggled with her studies. I thought this was important because it shows that girls weren't just sent away to learn how to become good wives, but they were actually taught things. They actually had to learn science and practice experiments. Molly seems like a completely modern college girl in the way she complains about her classes! She also talks about her social life quite openly. Girls were willing to dress up like boys in order to go out and have fun. Its nice to see that all girls of that period weren't prim and proper like we are sometimes led to believe. -- Angie

One thing I really liked about this story was how Molly talked about  how she struggled with her studies. I thought this was important because it shows that girls weren't just sent away to learn how to become good wives, but they were actually taught things. They actually had to learn science and practice experiments. '''Molly seems like a completely modern college girl in the way she complains about her classes!''' She also talks about her social life quite openly. Girls were willing to dress up like boys in order to go out and have fun. Its nice to see that all girls of that period weren't prim and proper like we are sometimes led to believe. -- Angie