Surprisingly, this paper went virtually unnoticed, and unlike the first, didn t inspire a national debate. Or perhaps it s not surprising. We d prefer to consider the problem solved. Our girls are safe, cloistered away in the new nunneries. That way, we don t have to demand the much more controversial changes of training teachers, monitoring classrooms and telling boys to shut up when they interrupt.
History shows that separate but equal has never worked.
In 1954, with the landmark Brown vs. the Board of Education decision, the Supreme Court found racial segregation unconstitutional. Integration was the just way to educate American students. A courageous little girl didn t give up. She did her part to change the world. Let s do ours.