Educating Women: Schooling and Identity in England and France, 1800-1867
- ISBN-10
- 0199289980
- ISBN-13
- 9780199289981
- Category
- Education
- Pages
- 276
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2007-08-16
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Author
- Christina de Bellaigue
Description
The author looks at boarding-schools for girls in 19th-century England, exploring the emergence and expansion of private schooling for girls, the recruitment and training of schoolmistresses; the lives of schoolgirls, and the instruction they received; and the experiences of pupils and teachers who crossed the Channel.
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- 2001
- 153 pages
- Paperback
- Ohio University Press
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