Social Hierarchy
Real-life governesses of 19th c. England
Women’s Roles during the 19th century
Bronte's life
100
After teaching what did Bronte become?
Governess
100
True or false- governesses were socially isolated
True
100
Known as the master of the household
What is the father
100
How many siblings did Charlotte have? Not including herself.
What is 5
200
What class was Bronte’s family growing up?
What is Middle class
200
What class were families that employed governesses?
What is upper class
200
When men began to work in factories, shops and offices, who was left at home and what did they do?
What is the women were left at home to do all the domestic duties
200
What year was Charlotte born/ what year did she die?
What is 1816, 1855
300
How many of Bronte’s sisters die in boarding school?
What is 2
300
What were the 3 R's governesses taught their pupils?
What is reading, writing, arithmetic
300
Women found a voice through what?
What is education
300
What was the alias Charlotte used when publishing Jane Eyre?
What is Currer Belle
400
What jobs were acceptable for women to be?
What is Teacher or Governess
400
Name one of the common religions of the time that governesses usually practiced and taught their pupils
What is Methodist, Baptist
400
After being educated what were the two paths that women may take?
What is either go home to their families and do the domestic work or pursue a career
400
What did Charlotte’s sister Maria die from?
What is Typhus
500
What was the dilemma when it came to treating governesses?
What is They were neither family or servants
500
What was one factor that families liked when hiring their governess
What is the same religion
500
During what period did men and women’s roles become more sharply defined?
What is Victorian Period
500
What age did Charlotte start school?
What is 8
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