Which are examples of education reforms in the mid-1800s?
question options:

abolition, private schools for men, and british textbooks

colleges for wealthy men, shorter school days, and more comfortable desks and chairs

a national university, computers, and required field trips to washington, d. c.

public schools, women's colleges, and new reading books

The answer is the last option, "Public schools, women's colleges, and new reading books".

Explanation:  In colonial America, higher education was only design for men. Few universities admitted women prior to the American Civil War. Everything changed since 1800 when women had more opportunities related to the educational system, it increased a lot that the next century, women surpassed men in numbers of bachelor's degrees.