The expansion of higher education opportunities for women -was enabled by a class-action lawsuit by a group of female students petitioning for education opportunities equal to
men's
-happened as a result of the passage of a constitutional amendment giving women the right to vote and the
expectation that they should be educated enough to do so.
was widely opposed in most parts of the country, causing women seeking an education to move to more progressive
states.
O coincided with the expansion of higher education opportunities for African Americans, as African American colleges
were among the first to admit women.