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Governesses and Education
Burton, Warren. Helps to education in
the homes of our country. Boston: Crosby and Nichols,
1863
Clarke, Patricia. The Governesses: letters from the
colonies, 1862-1882. Hawthorne, Victoria: Hutchinson of
Australia, 1985.
Finsterwald, Lori. The Governess in nineteenth century
England. Amherst, MA: [s.n.], 1978.
Ginder, Paula. Fallen gentlewomen: the study of the
governess in Victorian society, Victorian fiction and the
novels of the Bronte sister. Coe College Honor Thesis,
1989.
Hughes, Kathryn. The Victorian governess. London, Rio
Grande, Ohio: Hambledon Press, 1993.
Martineau, Harriet. Household education. London: Smith,
Elder and Co., 1861
Newcomb, Samuel Prout. Pleasant pages for young people;
or book of home education and entertainment. Boston:
Gould and Lincoln, 1853.
Renton, Alice. Tyrant or Victim: a history of the British
governess. London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1991.
Ridout, Susan F. Letters to a young governess: on the
principles of education and other subjects connected with
her duties. London: Orger and Meryon, 1840.
Whitman, Sylia. Modest expectations: the American nanny
and her charges. Thesis -Harvard University, 1984.
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