How Did Educational Opportunities Increase in Number and Quality for Early-Nineteenth-Century

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Essay

How did educational opportunities increase in number and quality for early-nineteenth-century Americans? Who did not benefit from these expanded opportunities?

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Definitions:

Eating Disorders

Psychological disorders characterized by abnormal or disturbed eating habits, such as anorexia nervosa or bulimia nervosa.

Anorexia

A psychological and potentially life-threatening eating disorder characterized by self-starvation and excessive weight loss.

Decorating The Self

The practice of embellishing or adorning oneself with clothing, accessories, tattoos, or other forms of physical decoration to express identity, social status, or affiliations.

Negative Body Cathexis

refers to feelings of dissatisfaction or negativity towards one's body or certain aspects of its appearance.