New this month from the University of Nebraska Press is Bright Epoch: Women and Coeducation in the American West by Andrea G. Radke-Moss. With the passage of the Morrill Act in 1862, after the civil war, economic necessity partnered with the efforts of ‘progressive ideologies’ allowed for four public institutions to admit women. It was through the educational venue that these women challenged rigid nineteenth century gender limitations and ‘created broader definitions of female inclusion’. This week Tuesday Trivia is going to do some broadening of our own minds with a few facts on the history of women's rights.

1.    Oberlin College was founded in 1833 and was the nation’s first university to do what?
2.    In 1862 Mary Jane Patterson became the first black woman to do what?
3.    What happened in 1848 to further the women's  movement?
4.    “The single most important document of the nineteenth-century American women’s movement” was what?
5.    True or False: In 1977 Helen Magill is the first women in the U.S. to earn her Ph. D?
6.    In what year do women make up 80% of all elementary school teachers?
7.    True or False: In 1910 women are 39% of all undergrad students and 20% of faculty?
8.    Title XI is passed in 1972 and does what?
9.    In what year are men and women equal in college enrollment?
10.    What institute is forced, by the Supreme Court, to become co-educated in 1996?

Well readers, how did you do? Be sure to check back tomorrow for the answers! In the meantime you can find Bright Epoch: Women and Coeducation in the American West at the UNP website.