Title:

“Poorest creatures in the world” : identities and aspirations of governesses in the Kingdom of Poland, 1864–1914 : areas of research

Creator:

Urbanik-Kopeć, Alicja

Publisher:

Instytut Historii Nauki im. Ludwika i Aleksandra Birkenmajerów Polskiej Akademii Nauk

Place of publishing:

Warszawa

Date issued/created:

2023

Date on-line publ.:

2023.12.31

Type of object:

Journal/Article

Subject and Keywords:

governess ; homeschooling ; emancipation ; female education ; 19th century

Abstract:

The article aims to present areas of research in the project about the aspirations and identities of governesses in the Kingdom of Poland, 1864–1914. The article discusses both secondary and primary sources, the latter in the form of about 200 personal memoirs from the time in which homeschooling for girls is mentioned. The article makes a preliminary overview of their content, pointing to the intended routes of interpretation and forming a research hypothesis. It discusses the liminal position of the governesses in the context of class and gender relations.

Relation:

Rozprawy z Dziejów Oświaty

Volume:

60

Start page:

149

End page:

167

Resource type:

Text

Detailed Resource Type:

Article : original article

Format:

pdf

Resource Identifier:

0080-4754

Language:

eng

Language of abstract:

eng

Rights:

Creative Commons Attribution BY-NC-ND 4.0 license

Terms of use:

Copyright-protected material. [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0] May be used within the scope specified in Creative Commons Attribution BY-NC-ND 4.0 license, full text available at:

Copyright holder:

Instytut Historii Nauki im. Ludwika i Aleksandra Birkenmajerów PAN

Original in:

Library of the Institute for the History of Science PAS

Access:

Open