Women must continue to fight to receive the education they deserve.Both authors urged increased independence for women through access to education.Individual reformers spoke out for women's rights.The history of womens education parallels the beginning of feminism.Another factor influencing women then and now is an undeniable innate biological drive to reproduce.With these obstacles, many women were forced to stay in unhappy marriages.By being forced to live in this confinement, women yearned for independence.1Anna Julia Cooper.The Higher Education of Women,1892.- 36 p.Avebury, Great Britain:1996- 112 p.Routledge International Encyclopedia of Women, Vol 2. Routledge.