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Physically frail, badly educated girls, brought up to lead useless lives as idle gentlewomen, married to dominant husbands, and relegated to 'separate spheres' of life - these phrases have often been used to describe Victorian upper-middle-class women. This book examines the scope and quality of gentlewomen's education, and their physical lives.

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One - Backgrounds and Personalities; Two - Ladies Learning: The Education of Victorian Gentlewomen; Three - Sex, Friendship, and Love: Gentlewomen's Physical and Emotional Lives; Four - Other Facts of Family Life; Five - Gentlewomen at Work; Six - "Two Working Together for a Common End"; Conclusion

Family Love and Work in the Lives of Victorian

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      Publisher: Indiana University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 22/05/1989
      ISBN13: 9780253205094, 978-0253205094
      ISBN10: 0253205093

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Physically frail, badly educated girls, brought up to lead useless lives as idle gentlewomen, married to dominant husbands, and relegated to 'separate spheres' of life - these phrases have often been used to describe Victorian upper-middle-class women. This book examines the scope and quality of gentlewomen's education, and their physical lives.

      Table of Contents
      One - Backgrounds and Personalities; Two - Ladies Learning: The Education of Victorian Gentlewomen; Three - Sex, Friendship, and Love: Gentlewomen's Physical and Emotional Lives; Four - Other Facts of Family Life; Five - Gentlewomen at Work; Six - "Two Working Together for a Common End"; Conclusion

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