Margaret Haley, Ella Flagg Young, Grace Strachan, and Cora Bigelow were four of the most well known progressive female educators of the first 19th century. All of these women disliked the treatment of school teachers and believed there was ultimately a better way to win the school system. Each teacher had a different means to an end to accomplish her goals, but they all greatly benefited the working teachers. Some viewpoints shared by the different teachers were that the minimum wage for teachers should be raised, female teachers should ideally be treated the same as male teachers, and that teachers shouldn't have to work in an overcrowded classroom where teaching was more so hindered. However some of these educators would disagree with each other.
I believe if these women were to sit down, you would see some contrasting opinions. I believe that Ella Flagg Young and Cora Bigelow would not see eye to eye whenever it came down to the organization of teacher structure. Young believed teachers would work better in a small environment and that teachers should more so follow the curriculum (Urban 202.) However, Bigelow, who was the leader of a powerful union, believed teachers should help determine the curriculum and the teachers themselves have more power (Frazier 218.) Haley and Strachan would undoubtedly agree with each other on most topics. The most important issue they would agree on would be that female teachers should be paid the same as their male counterparts.
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