 In 1862, the first professional school for young women was opened, and Madeleine Brès became the first woman to enroll in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Paris.In 1863, he made Victor Duruy, the son of a factory worker and a respected historian, his new Minister of Public Education.Duruy accelerated the pace of the reforms, often coming into conflict with the Catholic church, which wanted the leading role in education.