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  • The role of women in education in modern society has changed drastically from their role in ancient Roman society, for women now receive greater opportunities than women from the past.
  • Problems such as high illiteracy rates and gender disparities in some areas still exist, however.
  • Women represent a bigger percentage of laborers in education, social science, and health/welfare fields than men do.
  • There are few job restrictions due to gender in modern society.

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Women & Education in Modern Society

Women's role in education

in ancient Rome vs modern society

  • Most countries have drastically lowered the gender disparity in education.
  • In the United States, women make up 57% of all college students.
  • Except in sub-Saharan Africa and Asia, there are more women receiving a tertiary education than men.
  • About 66% of the 774 million illiterate people in the world today are women, however.

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Women & Education in Modern Society

Women & Education in Ancient Rome

  • Women’s main purpose was to support men.
  • Women could have been gladiators, doctors, saleswomen, teachers, or prostitutes.
  • Most women only received a primary education.

Women & Education in Ancient Rome

  • People believed that women did not need a secondary education, because they only did jobs around the house and cared for the children.
  • The main purpose of education was to train young boys.
  • In Seneca’s Of Consolation to Helvia, Seneca mentions how Romans believed that women desired education for show, not for wisdom.

Women & Education in Ancient Rome

  • Upper-class women could receive a secondary education, and many were praised for their knowledge of geometry and philosophy.
  • A larger percentage of women were getting an education towards the end of the Roman empire.

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