A lady would be viewed as a pariah for trying to break the status quo. As time went on, it was still not accepted to want an education, but a select few still went in search of one. Women such as Catharine Beecher, Emma Hart Willard, and Elizabeth Blackwell were the first to question the non-existence of an acceptable education. Beecher was among one of the first to push for higher learning. Her primary school teacher, Sarah Pierce, opened her home to a few girls, but as time went on it became an entire class of them, eager to have what they were not allowed. This started her pronounced ideas that women should also get an education. History defines Willard as the women who failed to change education for girls. But before she had written her views about how to change the face of education for women in Plans for Improving Female Education, she founded Troy Female Seminary for girls to learn cooking, etiquette, history, math, and literature. Willard started the domino effect of women asking for their education. Blackwell was the first women in history to receive a medical degree. Her practice treated women and children and was run completely by women. Because of these women, learning became considerably more acceptable. In 1826, New York and Boston answered their pleas and opened several high schools for girls to attend. The school year was shorter, and the curriculum wasn’t quite the same as a man’s, but it was nonetheless a step towards equality. In 1838, Mount Holyoke College, in Massachusetts, was founded to teach