While most schools and formal education opportunities were aimed at boys, Regency era girls also received an education aimed at preparing them for their future lives. The question is though, just where did a young lady acquire her accomplishments?
Continue reading →Regency women strove to become an accomplished lady, but what did that mean? During the Regency era, a proper education was crucial to a middle or upper class young lady’s future. Since a woman’s only ‘proper’ aspiration was to marriage, her education focused on making her noticeable to potential husbands. Her accomplishments enabled her to display cultural distinction and set herself apart from women who were merely ‘notable’—those who could only manage a household but … Continue reading →
