By 1916, in fact, 165,000 women had already received primary school educations, and in 1919 women were admitted to the national universities.
民國八年，蔡元培在北大開放女禁；到了民國十一年，除去早年教會所辦協和、金陵、華南三所女大之外，已有六百六十五個女子受了國立大學教育。