Alexis De Tocqueville

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Alexis De Tocqueville

The Education of Women in America
Tonry Hughes
December 5, 2000
Politics 1311
In America women are given the opportunity to have an education. Not just an average education, but one that helps them throughout their life by giving them the knowledge to protect themselves. In chapter 9 of Democracy in America Tocqueville believes that the education of American women is superior to that of French women. He believes that our form of education is necessary to protect women from the dangers that the world holds, and to help out our country politically by giving women the tools to raise a moral family. By raising families with good morals all of America will also be moral. Aside from the issue of protection and politics Tocqueville also addresses the issues of individual freedom, religion and marriage. All of these issues make it necessary to educate women in a democratic manner.
Education is important when in comes to politics. Tocqueville believes that the education of American women helps out politically far more than the education of French women. This political importance is because women are the ones who raise the family. They are in charge of shaping the next generation. The education of women gives them the tools to raise a good family, and in turn they are raising good citizens who will help out in politics and other worldly issues that the next generation may come across. The education of women is in the best interest of our nation.
In America women are given the tools to look after themselves. Tocqueville notices that by giving women these tools we are setting ourselves apart from several other countries. Women in America are able to think for themselves, speak for themselves and act on their own. Because of they have these tools they are able to see the dangers that society can hold. When these dangers are made obvious to them they are able to protect themselves. Women with an education are able to correctly judge other people and face fear with confidence. Women who know what evil is can easily avoid it, and women who know what morals are can easily stick to them. Tocqueville states that,
So the vices and dangers of society are soon plain to her, and seeing them clearly, she judges them with out illusion and faces them without fear, for she is full of confidence in her own powers, and it seems that this feeling is shared by all around her (pg. 590).
He realizes that women must be mentally strong in order to be good people. H...

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