Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Jeffersonian Era
The Jeffersonian Era was very consistant with the vision of Jefferson. He believed in higher education, universal elementary education and even education for indians. However, he was not for womens education. Religous skepticism was big at the time and that led Jefferson to become a believer in Deism which was the belief that God created the universe and then left it alone. Medicine and science were booming in this era and Jefferson was definately for it because of his education beliefs. It also led to the decline in midwives which Jefferson was probably happy about because of his opposition for womens education. Another part of the Jeffersonian Era was that land was gained during the Louisiana Purchase by Jefferson defeating Napoleon. So yes, the Jeffersonian Era was consistant with the vision of Jefferson.
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I think it's interesting that you say that it was "very consistant." The few blogs I read before this one all said that it either wasn't or was in some ways and wasn't in other ways. I don't mean to pass judgement, but I don't think it's fair to say that Jefferson was "probably happy" about the decline in midwives without actually knowing whether he was or not.
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