There were private seminaries (LIFE AND TIMES message #2613)

There were private seminaries

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Posted by Katya S. on January 23, 1998 at 09:55:16:

In response to schooling, written by karen l on January 22, 1998 at 16:40:37

] but were the only means of education for a woman in Jane Austen's time through home schooling (governesses)? Or did some attend public school...or whatever you call it...?-karen l

In P&P describing the new inhabitants of the Netherfield JA says that Mr. Bingley's sisters got their education in one of the first private seminaries in town. Of course not everybody could afford it but such institutions did exist.

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