Last Words to Girls - On Life in School and After School

In this 1889 work, an educationalist looks back, offering to the young 'the results of her life's thought and experience'.

List of contents

Preface; Introduction; Part I. Life in School: 1. Discipline of school; 2. Discipline of school (cont.); 3. Discipline of school (cont.); 4. Discipline of school (cont.); 5. Studies; 6. Religious instruction; 7. Results; Part II. Life after School: 1. Womanhood; 2. Home life; 3. Home life (cont.); 4. Lot in life; 5. The service of women; 6. The service of women (cont.); 7. The service of women (cont.).

Summary

In this 1889 work, the educationalist and feminist Maria Grey looks back, offering to the young 'the results of her life's thought and experience', and endeavouring to help late-Victorian school-leavers answer the questions 'Where are we going? What was the object of all this school work?'

Product details

• Authors: Maria Georgina Shirreff Grey
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.02.2017
• EAN: 9781108084055
• ISBN: 978-1-108-08405-5
• No. of pages: 374
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Education
• Subjects: Guides > Health > Beauty/cosmetics; Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, Social and cultural history