What was a "Lady's School" (in the 1800s) like?

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What was a "Lady's School" (in the 1800s) like?

In the 19th century, there were such things as "Lady's Schools" in England. What did such schools teach, and who were its pupils and teachers?

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Numbers of private schools for young ladies were established in England during the 19th century. They were the female counterparts of the male ??Public?? (actually = ??private??) schools for boys. At that time, and indeed until the second half of the 20th century, private boarding schools were gender segregated.

A typical example is Cheltenham Ladies College, which is still in existence (and remains highly fashionable) today. It had started in 1853 as a small school teaching skills traditionally considered suitable for girls, such as art, music and sewing. But five years later it was transformed by a dynamic new Principal and began teaching subjects along the same lines as those offered at boys?? boarding schools, such as Classics (meaning Latin and Greek), English Language and Literature, Mathematics and Science.

Originally, girls between the ages of 13 and 18 were educated at Cheltenham and its counterparts. They came, mainly, from wealthy families, but some scholarships enabled a few girls from families of lesser means to attend.

Teachers were mainly (if not entirely) women with university degrees.

The spread of schools of this type assisted the movement toward equality of educational opportunities between boys and girls.

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