The Confluence
Student Type
Undergraduate
Document Type
Article
Abstract
Mary Easton Sibley, the founder of Lindenwood University, was an ambitious and strong-willed woman who promoted educational opportunities for women and minority groups. Biographers of Sibley tend to portray her promotion of education as an effort to empower (and equalize) women and minorities. However, while Mary promoted education for all, she did not promote the same education for everyone. Instead, she imagined education tailored to women, African Americans, Native Americans, and immigrants that would reflect what she considered the “proper” roles played by each in society. This research explores what social movements in the 19th century influenced Mary Sibley in preparing women and minorities for what she considered to be their proper roles in society.
Recommended Citation
Gentry, Andrea
(2025)
"Mary Easton Sibley’s Envisioned Societal Roles Through Education,"
The Confluence: Vol. 4:
Iss.
1, Article 5.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.62608/2150-2633.1072
Available at:
https://digitalcommons.lindenwood.edu/theconfluence/vol4/iss1/5
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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Date
1/7/25
Author Bio
Andrea Gentry (2002-) is a senior undergraduate student at Lindenwood University majoring in history and minoring in secondary education and social studies. After graduation in the Fall of 2024, she plans on teaching high school history in Missouri. She is involved in Kappa Delta Pi, Alpha Chi, and Phi Theta Kappa Honors Societies on campus at Lindenwood University.