Governess
A woman employed as a teacher for a family's children.
What is a governess?
Wealthy families.
What type of families employed governesses?
When their sister was being taught by one.
When did a governess teach a boy?
No, governesses were well-rounded and taught many different topics.
Did governesses teach one subject?
Not like a family member but not as a servant either.
How were they treated?
They educated the children instead of caring for them.
How were they different from nannies?
Education for girls was not important during Victorian times.
Why were governesses important?
They would learn from a governess until they grew up and moved to a school and turned the age of eight.
How long did they learn from a governess?
Manners and etiquette.
What did governesses teach girls?
The middle class.
What social class were they a part of?
When they reached school age.
When would a governess teach the children?
How long were governesses employed?
The young boys learned academic subjects before leaving for school.
What did the boys learn?
What did they specifically teach?
Unmarried women.
What type of woman would be a governess?