Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1895-05-16
WOMAN Is DOMINANT
o(R YOUTH TAUGHT ALMOST
WNpllN RN HER.
ASTONISHING STATISTICS
quite Eighty Fer Cent. of School In
N'rution IN the United States In
parted 10y Female Teachers Wis
ronStn Especially Partial 10 Women
Men Merely Suprrtnteud.

Fhr report ot the commissioner of
education Tor lS9l-92 gives the num.
Inv ~ p0NIic school teachers IN tho
tn|Ht Safes us 81, Ito, OF whom
60 ln'g yru; were Women. In lS1o.1
thr py}yru;agr ot women WAS 80
lmun& Vie II years intervening the
prrr"ntaEH Ut male teachers fell from
u to 80, In the north central dlyi.
sion containing twelve states aud en-.
h@H'nE WISCONSIN, there were. in
lS'l ~, lNS,lG2 teachers in tho puhlir
schools, of whom 7o.3 per cent. were
women, aUi II wears before the nor.
e"ntaEt was aGS In the twelve states
IA" percentage OF male teachers Zen
from h. to ~.
tn Wisconsin, in 1881 -. there we're
employed IN the public schools l9,215
tArhrr>, of whom ST. per cont. were
women, In iSc01l the pcnentago
was IL, During the II wears the per-
rrntagc Of malc teachers tell from 2S.s
!" Nv In lSHl ~, the pcrrrutagc "
male teachers IN WISCONSIN was lI0
tess than that Tor the United States
aud lis per cent loss than that of
III" north central states Resides, in
I>'l ", Wisconsin had, Ia It's public
schools, smaller p"rrrntagc OF male
teachers than either of the eleven other
states OF that division
In tSWlal the number of hubble
school teachers reported by the tats
superintendent was i2,lSl OF whom
2,3o' Ncr" men, or lS.3 per rcm. 1t
thus appears that there has been. ,lt,r-
'h& the last three YEARS, gain Of
mate teachers Of nine truthS ct one per
cent This gain may hr ttl, to n
change in public sentiment or IL the
business depression commencing the
latter part of lSa2
From the foregoing statistics Il IA
plain tina, the instruction aud tralnin,
Ut the youth Of the country are largely
IN the hands Of the women employed
rs public svhool teachers. These
teachers have had limited experience
and little previous preparations OF
the l2I}la employed In Wisconsin In
lS9l ~ only : per cent were graduates
of noEnal schools, our cities form no
exception to tho general fact that the
puhlI schools are conducted hy
women In $4,000, the number of
teachers In the Chicago public schools
was 3ooi, or these 100 were men. OF
whom dS were employed In the high
schools ana ~ were teachers OF special
bran has This left 81 men anu 2,Sl1
women for the grades below the high
schools, The male teachers were II
little more than = per cent. In iSni-a5
there are 30 teachers employed In the
public schools Of Madison. OF whom
) arc men the superintendent, the
principal Of the high school and tho
instructor Of physical culture. In
tSD3.ai. NJ teachers were employed
IN the Racine public schools Of whom
9 ana the city superintendent were
men
In the public high schools Of the
Emitted States there were, In 1891 %.
a,5Gl teachers, of whom 1872 per cent.
were men, In the north central dIvi-
sion there were I,7ii teachers. Of
whom 1913 per cent were men. In
Wisconsin 300 teachers were employed
in the high school NJ per cent. Of
whom were men, or the ~ instructors
IN the - prlvat" secondary schools. u
pes cent. In 1891 ~, were men II Ia
plnlnhI" that Ia the private and pa
ruchirl schools hat are moi reported the
male teachers equal the number Of
The female, However, modify the cun-
clusion ~ we may. 1t remains plain
HAT the youth OF the United States re.
ecivc Al least 80 per cent OF their
school instruction from the women
employed as teachers. or the men en-
ploy"d many are engaged In super
vision and few conduct more than four
rcciiatIons daily of classes consisting
Of The comparatively few advanced pu.
pills Of their schools,
The foregoing statistics are sufficient
10 attract the attention OF all who
realize the magnitude Of the Interests
involved In II proper solution Of the
educational problems now confront
ing u.s.
when Horace Mann ana Henry
Barnard half n century ago Initiated
the movement that has virtually
placed women IN charge OF the ctluca-
ton Of the youth of the country. at
that period when their mental and
moral faculties are most receptive, 1t
may well he doubted whether they
forcsaw the present educational c0ndi-
ton of the republic. The deep and
wide. spread sollcitudc that Is now felt
and that Is finding expression IN our
educational literature is 4 hopeful
sign. j. g, NJ.