Educating women : schooling and identity in England and France, 1800-1867 /
An increasing number of middle class families were taking the education of their daughters seriously in the first part of the nineteenth century, and boarding-schools were multiplying on both sides of the Channel. Schoolmistresses - rarely, in fact, the 'reduced gentlewomen' of nineteenth...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | English. |
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New York ; Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
2007.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | An increasing number of middle class families were taking the education of their daughters seriously in the first part of the nineteenth century, and boarding-schools were multiplying on both sides of the Channel. Schoolmistresses - rarely, in fact, the 'reduced gentlewomen' of nineteenth century fiction - were not only often successful entrepreneurs, but also played an important part they played in the development of the teaching profession, and in the expansion of secondaryeducation. Uncovering their careers and the experiences of their pupils reveals the possibilities and constraints of the. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (viii, 276 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 240-257) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780191537301 0191537306 9786611154714 661115471X 1281154717 9781281154712 1435624017 9781435624016 |