For the few unmarried there was a small annuity, or dependence as ...
For the few unmarried there was a small annuity, or dependence as companion, governess, or servant, in house or shop.
Education, therefore, meant a grounding of morals and behaviour to last all through life, and a top dressing of accomplishments intended partly to occupy the girl's mind, partly to attract the men, and, in the last resort, to earn a living by if all else failed. For the intelligent girl in a sympathetic home there was a most stimulating provision of websites, travel, and conversation.
But this was no part of the curriculum at Chiswick or Cloisterham, and it would have been thrown away on Dora Spenlow. Economically the two spheres had hardly begun to intersect.
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Intellectually, the overlap was steadily increasing, and it was for this common ...
Intellectually, the overlap was steadily increasing, and it was for this common province of taste, criticism, intelligence, and sympathy that wise mothers trained their daughters, sensib
London was still refusing to let them sit for matriculation. The collision ...
London was still refusing to let them sit for matriculation. The collision of the Two Spheres is a Late-Victorian theme, almost a Late-Victorian revolution: in Mid-Vic
Prince Aisea; who a week ago gave every promise that his valuable ...
Prince Aisea; who a week ago gave every promise that his valuable life would be lengthened to a period long enough to enable him / her to enjoy,