Conflicting Views on Women's Education in the 19th Century

From the perspective of conflicting opinions on the women's education in the second half of the 19th century and on the background of struggles for its formal establishing this contribution follows the Masaryk's views on relevant issues from the time he became a deputy in the Imperial Diet in early 1890s. Building on the ideals of the Enlightenment and democratic principles, his competent arguments were in favour of democratization of education in humanities and law as well as of the school system as a whole, including women's education. His parliamentary speeches, articles, the contemporary press, laws and statues and relevant history literature are the main sources of information for this article