The Governess Problem. Silent Voices: Forgotten Novels by Victorian Women Writers - Page 55 Ed. The governess--who must be a gentlewoman--is, unfortunately, neither fish nor fowl: because of her rank, she is not a servant; as an employee, she is not the equal of the wife and daughters. "Resistance, Rebellion, and Marriage: The Economics of Jane Eyre." Nineteenth-Century Fiction 31(1977): 397-420. Found inside – Page 278Perkin, H. (1969), The Origins of Modern English Society 1780–1880 (London: Rout-ledge & Kegan Paul). ... Peterson, M.J. (1980), 'The Victorian governess: status incongruence in family and society, in M.Vicinus (ed.) ... In Uneven developments: The ideological work of gender in mid . Worlds Between: Historical Perspectives on Gender and Class Abstract This essay examines the servants and shopkeepers who play a surprisingly central yet critically unacknowledged role in Henry James's fiction of the late 1890s, arguing that James's frequent depiction of lower-class life is a sign not of an unsuspected interest in class but of his familiar interest in consciousness. Chick Lit: The New Woman's Fiction - Page 117 But we’ll explore that in my second entry. Introduction: The Perfect Victorian Lady Martha Vicinus 1: The Victorian Governess: Status Incongruence in Family and Society M. Jeanne Peterson 2: From Dame to Woman: W.S. The position of governess used to be common in well-off European families before the First World War, especially in the . Jeanne Peterson in her article "The Victorian Governess: Status Incongruence in Family and Society" analyses what it meant to be a governess in Victorian society. Found inside – Page 338"The Victorian Governess: Status Incongruence in Family and Society." In Suffer and Be Still: Women in the Victorian Age. Martha Vicinus, ed., 1972. Pitcher, Harvey. When Miss Emmie Was in Russia: English Governesses Before, ... Powers, Lyall, . For Better, for Worse: British Marriages, 1600 to the Present - Page 401 Marriage, redundancy, or sin: the painter's view of women in the first twenty-five years of Victoria's reign, by H. E . A Companion to the Victorian Novel - Page 428 Hughes, Kathryn: The Victorian Governess, London: Hambledon, 1993. Found inside – Page xxxivWhile the role of the governess has been relatively little discussed by scholars of Russian history or Russian ... see , e.g. , M. Jeanne Peterson , " The Victorian Governess : Status Incongruence in Family and Society , " in Suffer and ... The Victorian Governess: Status Incongruence in Family and Society By M. Jeanne Peterson content locked. Poovey, M. (1988). Found inside – Page 37This patronage could be particularly valuable to tutors and governesses , who perhaps came closest to the clients of pre ... See M. Jeanne Peterson , " The Victorian Governess : Status Incongruence in Family and Society " , in Martha ... Found inside – Page 428... M. Jeanne Peterson's essay on the socially and economically ambiguous position of the Victorian governess (“The Victorian Governess: Status Incongruence in Family and Society”) articulated what now stands as an indispensable context ... (1972). Gilbert and theatrical transvestism, by J.W. This included studying religious texts, basic moral code, for example, honesty, politeness, courtesy, kindness. Family, Love, and Work in the Lives of Victorian Gentlewomen. 7-26. Victorian women and menstruation, by E. and E. Showalter. "The Victorian Governess: Status Incongruence in Family and Society". Gilbert, Sandra M.. 1996. This was because of the amount of time spent the governess spent with the children during the formative age and the lack of intimacy between children of upper-class households and their mothers. To what extent is one of the most popular novels on the life of a governess, Jane Eyre, a reliable source? On the issue of emigration, see 16-17. From Dame to Woman: W. S. Gilbert and Theatrical Transvestism . In Jane Eyre, Charlotte Brontë states that society should accept a woman’s right to gain social and economic independence. 'The Victorian Governess' at the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh website. In an introductory essay, Martha Vicinus describes the perfect Victorian lady, showing that the ideal was a combination of sexual innocence, conspicuous consumption and worship of the family hearth. Immortalized in Jane Eyre and Vanity Fair, she has made frequent appearances as the heroine of many lesser-known novels. Vicinus, Martha. Dinnyés Éva – The Cognitive Characteristics of Early Second Language Learners, Puskás Orsolya – Music as a Means of Raising EFL Learner’s Cultural Awareness (Part 2). Suffer and be still: Women in the Victorian age (pp. The figure of a governess in a household helped to validate the social status of the family she worked for. This paper will show how prevailing . Peterson, M. Jeanne. London: Hambledon. 29. Ed. But before we look at Jane Eyre and try to decide whether it’s an authentic representation of governesses’ lives in my second post, let me give you some background. Indeed, this model in some form was the ideal of all classes as the perfect lady's only functions were marriage and procreation. The governess was in charge of the education of girls and young boys from upper-class households. ISBN 1-8528-5002-7 Peterson, M. Jeanne: "The Victorian Governess: Status Incongruence in Family and Society, in Suffer and Be Still: Women In the Victorian Age, ed. In an introductory essay, Martha Vicinus describes the perfect Victorian . Victorian women and menstruation, by E. and E. Showalter. What was the Role of a Victorian governess? Martha Vicinus. "The Victorian Governess: Status Incongruence in Family and Society." In Suffer and Be Still: Women in the Victorian Age, edited by Martha Vicinus. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. Found inside – Page 209... Frank, 'Middle-Class Education and Employment in the Nineteenth Century' in Economic History Review XII, 1 (1959), 99-111 Peterson, M. Jeanne, 'The Victorian Governess: Status Incongruence in Family and Society' in M. Vicinus, ... Poovey, Mary. In Uneven developments: The ideological work of gender in mid . Indiana University Press, 1972 - Social Science - 239 pages. Jeanne Peterson in her article “The Victorian Governess: Status Incongruence in Family and Society” analyses what it meant to be a governess in Victorian society. M Jeanne Peterson, 'The Victorian Governess: Status Incongruence in Family and Society', in Martha Vicinus (ed), Suffer and Be Still: Women in the Victorian Age, Methuen, London, 1980. The governess would educate the children, supervise their meals, take them for walks, teach them to play musical instruments, accompany them on trips, counsel and care for them - but she was not the one who gave birth to these children so she had no rights to be considered a maternal figure in the eyes of Victorian society. As in those days, au pairs or nannies mostly live with a family and have a play to stay, sometimes food and a weekly or monthly salary. Peterson, M. Jeanne (1972). Governess during Victorian Era: Their duties & role. The Victorian Governess Status Incongruence in Family and Society . Situation":Governesses and Victorian Novels;' M. Jeanne Peterson, 'The Victorian Governess: Status Incongruence', in Suffer and Be Still: Women in the Victorian Age, ed. ^ McDonald, James Joseph, and J. In an introductory essay, Martha Vicinus describes the perfect Victorian lady, showing that the ideal was a combination of sexual innocence, conspicuous consumption and worship of the family hearth. They were, by large, at very low demand. Found inside – Page 226AG also fulfills readerly expectations of a governess novel by rewarding its heroine with marriage to a clergyman. 6. M. Jeanne Peterson, “The Victorian Governess: Status Incongruence in Family and Society,” in Suffer and Be Still: ... Having an unmarried woman in close proximity to a husband or older sons was seen as a direct threat to domestic peace. Suffer and Be Still: Women In the Victorian Age. Winners of the Ruttkay Essay Prize 2014 – Part 1. We will write a custom Essay on Victorian Governesses in the 19th Century Literature specifically for you. Wollstonecraft, M., 1792 A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, at The Constitution Society website. Poovey, M. (1988). Marriage Redundancy or Sin The Painters View of Women in the First . The Victorian Governess. M. Jeanne Peterson, 'The Victorian Governess: Status Incongruence in Family and Society' in M. Vicinus, ed. The dress of a governess was formalised by around 1880. London: Hambledon. ^ McDonald, James Joseph, and J. M. Vicinus (Ed.). Found inside – Page 137Specifically, the status of these governesses as mature émigré women, with fragmented family structures, ensured that they could be ... 'The Victorian Governess: Status Incongruence in Family and Society', in Martha Vicinus (ed.) ... 1. What is a Governess? More Info On- Spinster, Spinsterhood, Orphans and Orphanages. Google Scholar 13. Suffer and Be Still: Women In the Victorian Age. Some historians, such as Vicinus, Martha, Independent Women (Chicago, 1985 Google Scholar ), recognized the "unique" situation of widows but chose not to include them in studies of Victorian women. Winners of the Ruttkay Essay Prize 2015 – Part 1. II Suffer and Be Still: Women . Suffer and Be Still: Women in the Victorian Age (Midland Giant) The ideal woman of the Victorian era was a combination of sexual innocence, conspicuous consumption, and worship of the family hearth--with marriage and procreation being a woman's only function. The Women of England in a Century of Social Change, 1815-1914: A Select Bibliography. Her wages were also extremely low. Hughes, Kathryn: The Victorian Governess, London: Hambledon, 1993. ), Suffer and be still: Women in the Victorian age (pp. Introduction: The Perfect Victorian Lady Martha Vicinus 1: The Victorian Governess: Status Incongruence in Family and Society M. Jeanne Peterson 2: From Dame to Woman: W.S. A governess as main character does not make a Victorian Governess Novel – a story about the life and hardships of women offering education to young girls. Do you ever wonder what the life of working women, especially governesses was in the nineteenth century? 1, September, 1970, pp. + These days child caring work is called as a nanny, au pair, tutor or teacher. Found inside – Page 58M. Jeanne Peterson , " The Victorian Governess : Status Incongruence in Family and Society , " in Martha Vicinus , ed . , Suffer and Be Still : Women in the Victorian Age ( Bloomington : Indiana University Press , 1972 ) , p . 11. In Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre, the titular character of Jane Eyre described the shackles governesses were bound by and the only freedom they could get from the societal status was marrying above them. "The Victorian Governess: Status Incongruence in Family and Society." Suffer and Be Still Women in the Victorian Age. The anathematized race: The governess and Jane Eyre. Martha Vicinus (Bloomington: Indiana UP, 1972) 3-19. Found inside – Page 234For the Family's Sake : A History of the Mothers ' Union , 1876–1976 . ... “ Some Victorian Headmistresses : A Conservative Tradition of Social Reform . ... “ The Victorian Governess : Status Incongruence in Family and Society . October 17, 2016. books, research. Suffer and Be Still: Women in the Victorian Age, 1980. M. Vicinus (Ed.). Found inside – Page 167Perkin, Harold. The Origins of Modern English Society (London: Ark, 1969). Peterson, M. Jeanne. 'The Victorian Governess: Status Incongruence in Family and Society,' Suffer and Be Still: Women in the Victorian Age, ed. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. She may not be a perfect or particularly splendid character, but a protagonist on whom the story is centred and with whom the reader sympathises with. What can she evade? There are a number of excellent sources that discuss this in enormous detail. 29. The Wilde Century : Effeminacy , Oscar Wilde and the Queer Moment. Found inside – Page 270Victorian Working Women: Portraits from Life. London: Gordon Fraser, 1979 ... Victorian Ladies at Work: Middle-Class Working Women in England and Wales, 1850–1914. ... “The Victorian Governess: Status Incongruence in Family and Society. The govemess held a peculiar position in nineteenth­ neither Winners of the Ruttkay Essay Prize 2014 – Part 2. From dame to woman: W. S. Gilbert and theatrical transvestism, by J. W. Stedman. Found inside – Page 201People and Society in Scotland, Volume 3, 1830— 1914 (Edinburgh: John Donald, 1990) Helen Corr, 'The Sexual Division of Labour in ... 'The Victorian Governess: Status Incongruence in Family and Society', pp.3—19 in Martha Vicinus (ed.) ... The Governess by Rebecca Solomon on Wikimedia Commons London: Hambledon. M. Jeanne Peterson, "The Victorian Governess: Status Incongruence in Family and Society," Suffer and Be Still: Women in the Victorian Age, ed. 3-19. Found inside – Page 70For a controversial discussion of governesses and their lot see M. Jeanne Peterson, 'The Victorian Governess; Status Incongruence in Family and Society', in Martha Vicinus, Suffer and be Still: Women in the Victorian Age (1972), ... ISBN 1-85285-002-7 Peterson, M. Jeanne: "The Victorian Governess: Status Incongruence in Family and Society, in Suffer and Be Still: Women In the Victorian Age, ed. She sometimes even taught young boys until they are old enough to attend school. “The Victorian Governess: Status Incongruence in Family and Society”, Szaniszló Kitti – Facts and Fiction in the Life of Jane Eyre as a Governess, part 2, Túrós Henriett – The Inescapability of Self-Perception in Samuel Beckett’s Film (1965), Dinnyés Éva – The Cognitive Characteristics of Late Second Language Learners. ISBN -253-35572-9. I've written a bit here about how I came up with the idea to write about three friends who are all governesses and each find their happily ever after in their own time. Victorian women and menstruation, by E. and E. Showalter. A governess is a woman employed to teach and train children in a private household. “The Victorian Governess: Status Incongruence in Family and Society” 3-19). Found inside – Page 56... 1995; S. Fletcher, Feminists and Bureaucrats: A Study in the Development of Girls' Education in the Nineteenth Century, Cambridge, 1980. 5. M. J. Peterson, 'The Victorian Governess: Status Incongruence in Family and Society', ... These are the questions I would like to answer in this two-part series. By 1851, they were nigh 25,000 strong young middle-class women in England, in comparison with over 700,000 domestic servants desiring their position. The text offers a valuable insight into Victorian culture and society. M Jeanne Peterson, 'The Victorian Governess: Status Incongruence in Family and Society', in Martha Vicinus (ed), Suffer and Be Still: Women in the Victorian Age, Methuen, London, 1980 ISBN -253-35572-9. Found inside – Page 148Raleigh , “ The Novel and the City ' , Victorian Studies , vol . ... M. Jeanne Peterson , ' The Victorian Governess : Status Incongruence in Family and Society ' , in Martha Vicinus , ed . , Suffer and Be Still : Women in the Victorian ... The Victorian governess: Status incongruence in family and society. content locked. Martha Vicinus . Suffer and Be Still is a collection of ten lively essays which document the feminine . We haven't found any reviews in the usual places. THE VICTORIAN GOVERNESS AND COLONIAL IDEALS OF WOMANHOOD THE POSITION OF THE VICTORIAN GOVERNESS HAS BEEN DESCRIBED BY M. Jeanne Peterson as that of "status incongruence in family and society."1 Her phrase epitomizes the plight of thousands of nineteenth-century women, their portrayals in numerous governess novels, and the views of contemporary . The governess was in-charge of their education. First published in 1972, this book contains a collection of ten essays that document the feminine stereotypes that women fought against, and only partially erased, a hundred years ago. ISBN 1-85285-002-7. Portrait of Charlotte Brontë (George Richmond, 1850). Hair was usually scraped back into a tight bun and secured firmly under a net. The role of a governess is a bit different from a nanny or a babysitter for the matter. Victorian governess wages/salaries were around 25 pounds ($3,000 in today’s money) per year. The figure of a governess in a household helped to validate the social status of the family she worked for. Found inside – Page 294Peterson , M. J. , “ The Victorian Governess : Status Incongruence in Family and Society ' in Suffer and Be Still : Women in the Victorian Age , ed . Martha Vicinus ( Bloomington : Indiana University Press , 1972 ) , pp . 3–19 . The doubleness of the Victorian governess's status in the household and in the culture in general has been explored by M. Jeanne Peterson, 'The Victorian Governess: Status Incongruence in Family and Society', in Suffer and Be Still: Women in the Victorian Age, ed. 30. Their uniform included a. It’s easy to think of it as a governer. The woman novelists rarely pursued an overtly political agenda but one former governess who dealt with the question of sexual equality directly was Mary Wollstonecraft. by M. Jeanne Peterson on JSTOR, Jane Eyre covers (Everyman’s Library; Barnes & Noble Collector’s Edition) on Book Riot, Charlotte Brontë portrait by George Richmond on the National Portrait Gallery’s site, Your email address will not be published. M. Jeanne Peterson, 'The Victorian Governess: Status Incongruence in Family and and Society', in Martha Vicinus, ed., Suffer and be still : women in the Victorian age (1972) Elizabeth Langland, 'The Voicing of Feminine Desire in Anne Brontë's The Tenant of Wildfell Hall', in Anthony H. Harrison and Beverley Taylor, eds., Gender and . Found inside – Page 35... 127; Peterson, “The Victorian Governess: Status Incongruence in Family and Society”). Poovey notes that representations of the governess in the 1840s signaled “not just the middle- class ideal she was meant to reproduce, ... According to Vicinus states, in her essay, "The Victorian Governess: Status Incongruence in Family and Society," a governess´ status was incongruent. The next was the one who resided in one place and travelled to another place to teach. She sometimes even taught young boys until they are old enough to attend school. Rebecca is seen as a cruel and mean-sprinted governess who secretly marries the son of the family she works for to climb the social ladder. a blouse buttoned up to the neck, along with a shawl and bonnet for outside wear. Table of Contents. Employing a governess meant that the family could afford her and signified the status and power of the family. In an introductory essay, Martha Vicinus describes the perfect Victorian lady, showing that the ideal was a combination of sexual innocence, conspicuous consumption and worship of the family hearth. Found inside – Page 200Patmore, C. (1856) The Angel in the House. Boston: Ticknor and Fields. Peterson, M. J. (1972) The Victorian governess: Status incongruence in family and society, in Victorian women and menstruation. In M. Vicinus (ed.) ... Governesses were women born to upper classes, but because of various economic issues, they had to earn money by working. A. C. Chandler. Found inside – Page 588 Among them G.M. Young's Victorian England : Portrait of an Age ( London 1936 ) and R.C.K. Ensor's England 1870-1914 ... The Victorian Governess : Status Incongruence in Family and Society , ' Victorian Studies , XIV ( 1970 ) , 7-26 . Found inside – Page 5265 See M. Jeanne Peterson , ' The Victorian Governess : Status Incongruence in Family and Society , ' in Martha Vicinus , ed . , Suffer and Be Still : Women in the Victorian Age ( Bloomington : Indiana University Press , 1972 ) , p . The Victorian governess: Status incongruence in family and society. The historian M. Jeanne Peterson quotes at length from Mary Atkinson Maurice's Governess Life (1849) in her article "The Victorian Governess: Status Incongruence in Family and Society:" In contrast to a nanny, the primary role of a governess is teaching, rather than meeting the physical needs of children; hence a governess is usually in charge of school age . From dame to woman: W. S. Gilbert and theatrical transvestism, by J. W. Stedman. London: Croom and Helm Ltd. Peterson, M. Jeanne. "The Victorian Governess: Status Incongruence in Family and Society. The proper lady, by definition, does not work. Suffer and be still: Women in the Victorian age (pp. top Found insideRecent studies of Victorian women have made little more than passing reference to female emigration societies: for example, M. Jeanne Peterson, "The Victorian Governess: Status Incongruence in Family and Society,” Victorian Studies, ... Sometimes, children felt closer to the governess than their own mother. Found inside – Page 21212 See M. Jeanne Peterson , “ The Victorian Governess : Status Incongruence in Family and Society , " in Suffer and Be Still , ed . Martha Vicinus ( Bloomington : Indiana University Press , 1973 ) , pp . 16–17 , for a discussion of ... Due to this, they were often excluded from society. This was seen in Jane Austen’s Emma, Jane Fairfax was freed from the role of the governess after her engagement to a man with some wealth. A governess had to be a lady herself, to instil proper behaviour and values in her students. The historical ignorance of the role of widows cannot be explained by the paucity of their numbers. The Victorian Governess: Status Incongruence in Family and Society M. Jeanne Peterson 2. These accomplishments included speaking French, playing the piano, dance. The Victorian Governess. Martha Vicinus . Found inside – Page 301PETERSON, M. JEANNE, 'The Victorian governess: status incongruence in family and society', Victorian Studies, vol. 14, no. 1, September 1970, pp. 7-26. SHEPPERSON, GEORGE, 'The comparative study of millenarian movements', ... Ed. Gilbert and Theatrical … Expand Due to this, they became very poor before them reaching their 40’s. Jane Eyre (1847) was written by Charlotte Brontë and is well known as a romantic story between a governess, Jane Eyre, and an employer, Mr. Rochester.Jane Eyre seems to present a romantic story if seen just as an entertainment, however, many recent studies have researched Jane Eyre from different perspectives such as gender identity, Christianity, and the governess' hardship. Front Matter content locked. A lady not belonging to the family, but living with them was in an uncomfortable situation. Peterson.--From dame to woman: W.S. Bloomington: Indiana UP, 1972. In 1970, M. Jeanne Peterson applied sociology's term "status incongruence" - a term denoting a conflict in assessing a person's social characteristics - to the Victorian governess's social position within society and her employer's family (7). The role of a governess often challenged the ideal stereotype of a woman because she was employed and self-sufficient (even though she had to send money home). First published in 1972, this book contains a collection of ten essays that document the feminine stereotypes that women fought against, and only partially erased, a hundred years ago. (1972). In Vicinus, Martha (ed.). What I haven't talked about is why governesses? Essayists examine the social and economic position of Victorian women and their late-nineteenth-century struggles for social and political rights. In Vicinus, Martha (ed.). The Victorian Governess: Status Incongruence in Family and Society". Peterson mentions the possibility of occupational hazard, suggesting that the relationship between the governess and her pupil was often contentious. Jane Eyre in the Barnes & Noble Collector’s Editions. The Victorian governess: status incongruence in family and society, by M. J. Peterson. Found inside – Page 191The Reform of Girl's Secondary and Higher Education in Victorian England . New York : Garland Publishing , 1987 . Peterson , M. Jeanne . “ The Victorian Governess : Status Incongruence in Family and Society . In modern times, a governess would not be called so. "Plain Jane's Progress." Stedman.--Victorian women and menstruation, by E. and E. Professor Martha Vicinus. Here was a typical governess job description – A governess was different from a nanny or a nurse who took care of the children’s physical needs. A governess never had a steady job because her services were not needed after her students came of age. --E-reserve Mary Poovey's chapter 5 "The Anathematized Race: The Governess and Jane From Dame to Woman W S Gilbert and Theatrical Transvestism . Oxford: Clarendon, 1976. This put them in a position where they could not get married. The Victorian governess: status incongruence in family and society, by M.J. And innu-merable governesses appear as little more than a standard furnishing . . The anathematized race: The governess and Jane Eyre. The figure of a governess in a household helped to validate the social status of the family she worked for. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1972. In an introductory essay, Martha Vicinus describes the perfect Victorian lady, showing that the ideal was a combination of sexual innocence, conspicuous consumption and worship of the family hearth. An investigation of the Victorian governess novel as a specific genre. Some of the treatments and stereotypes mentioned above influence Jane’s life at Thornfield Hall, but most of them do not. This was in the case of Rebecca Sharp in Vanity Fair. The anonymous Margaret Stourton, or a Year of Governess Life (1863), Henry Courtney Selous’s The Young Governess: A Tale for Girls (1871), and Irene Clifton’s The Little Governess (1900). Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1972. Found inside – Page 222The concept of ' status incongruence ' , and its use in understanding the governess ' situation , is taken from M. Jeanne Peterson's pioneering article , ' The Victorian Governess : Status Incongruence in Family and Society ' ... The governess was in charge of the education of girls and young boys from upper-class households. Bloomington: Indiana UP, 1972. . The Victorian governess: status incongruence in family and society, by M. J. Peterson. For image sources, see: Jane Eyre covers (Everyman's Library; Modern Library Classics by Penguin Random House) on Book Riot. 3-19. Martha Vicinus. In her article, "The Victorian Governess: Status Incongruence in Family and Society," Jeanne Peterson comments that the governess was an indication of a 2 See Emily Walker Heady, "'Must I Render an Account?': "The Victorian Governess: Status Incongruence in Family and Society". Gilbert and Theatrical Transvestism" Jane W. Stedman "Victorian Women and Menstruation" Elaine and English Showalter Norman, E. R. Church and Society in England 1770-1970: A Historical Study. Free Online Library: Paul Pennyfeather and the Victorian Governess: The Rejection of Nineteenth-Century Idealism in Decline and Fall. A governess had to spend so much time with her pupil she had no time left for tending to her relationships outside her job and it was unlikely for new friendships to develop in the household. 3-19. She taught her students the three Rs – reading, writing arithmetic. Since she herself was of genteel birth, she felt equal to the family with whom she lived, yet her status was the same as any servant or maid "(77 ). ISBN 1-85285-002-7. "The Victorian Governess: Status Incongruence in Family and Society." Victorian Studies 14.1 (1970): 7 . They also taught complex languages. The Victorian governess: Status incongruence in family and society. Suffer and Be Still: Women in the Victorian Ae (1994). Download The Governess in Nineteenth-Century . 4. ISBN -253-35572-9. (1972). "The Victorian Governess: Status Incongruence in Family and Society". "The Victorian Governess: Status Incongruence in Family and Society" by M. Jeanne Peterson on JSTOR. Towards the end of the 19th century, the role of the governess started to be noticed in literature. There were other difficulties a governess had to face. So she was back to searching for jobs every few years. Ed Martha Vicinus. Found inside – Page 268M. Jeanne Peterson, "The Victorian Governess: Status Incongruence in Family and Society," in Suffer and Be Still, ed. Martha Vicinus (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1989), 8. On the status of a governess see also Perkin, ... In contrast to a nanny (formerly called a nurse), she concentrates on teaching children, rather than caring for their physical needs. M. Jeanne Peterson's "The Victorian Governess: Status Incongruence in Family and Society" (in Vicinus, Martha, ed.

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