Back in the days of Jane Austan, women were educated differently than men. Education can also change due to social status and wealth. If a family was not that wealthy the boys were apprentices to business men or the crafter; like the blacksmith or the shoe maker. The women probably did not get an education at all, they learned everything from their mothers.
If a family was of wealth and fortune, they hired a tutor. But most of the time the girls learn different skills from their Governess than the boys did from their tutor. Women learn the cooking and the cleaning, sewing and entertaining. Women would learn how to sing or play an instrument or more like the piano to entertain the guest that their husbands have invited. The more educations and the more knowledge and skills a women had, the more appealing she was to marry. More education most likely mean wealthy.
Even when women were allowed to go to college, no one took them seriously and women still get paid less for doing the same job as a man. But more and more women are continuing there education onto college. In this chart of years 1972 to 2001 the number of females going to college has been increasing, and it still is increasing.
Where will we be in another 10 years? Another 20? Maybe women will rules the world and only women will be allowed to go to college and maybe men will stay home.
Hopefully, in another 10 years at least, we can see all the final steps of the woman's movement achieved. Such as, the wage gap abolished, reproductive rights, etc. I don't necessarily see all men staying at home, instead of having a career. But then again, you never know what could happen 20 years from now. But unfortunately, as far as big corporations and heavy power roles go, women are always the minority. I'd like to see this change, preferably, sooner than 20 years from now.
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