Quaker Prudence Crandall

>Opened a school in Connecticut specifically for girls 

>She was one of the first to admit an African American into her school

>With all the bad talk she received for this, it only pushed her more and she ended up only admitting African Americans into her school

>Eventually she had to close the school because of the controversy it created.

Emma Willard

>Opened one of the first educational schools for girls in Troy, NY.

>This school did well even with all the trash people talked of it.

>Became a prototype to other schools that would be built later in the future