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template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>A <b>governess</b> is a woman employed as a <a href="/wiki/Private_tutor" class="mw-redirect" title="Private tutor">private tutor</a>, who teaches and trains a child or children in their home. A governess often lives in the same residence as the children she is teaching. In contrast to a <a href="/wiki/Nanny" title="Nanny">nanny</a>, 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-aged children, rather than babies.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The position of governess used to be common in affluent European families before the <a href="/wiki/First_World_War" class="mw-redirect" title="First World War">First World War</a>, especially in the countryside where no suitable school existed nearby and when parents preferred to educate their children at home rather than send them away to <a href="/wiki/Boarding_school" title="Boarding school">boarding school</a> for months at a time, and varied across time and countries. Governesses were usually in charge of girls and younger boys. When a boy was old enough, he left his governess for a <a href="/wiki/Tutor" class="mw-redirect" title="Tutor">tutor</a> or a school. </p><p>Governesses are rarer now, except within <a href="/wiki/Great_house" title="Great house">large and wealthy households</a> or royal families such as the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Saud" title="House of Saud">Saudi royal family</a><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and in remote regions such as <a href="/wiki/Outback" title="Outback">outback</a> Australia.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There has been a recent resurgence amongst wealthy families worldwide to employ governesses or full-time tutors. The reasons for this include personal security, the benefits of a tailored education, and the flexibility to travel or live in multiple locations.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Role">Role</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Governess&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Role"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Traditionally, governesses taught "<a href="/wiki/The_three_Rs" title="The three Rs">the three Rs</a>" (reading, writing, and arithmetic)<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> to young children. They also taught the "accomplishments" expected of <a href="/wiki/Upper-class" class="mw-redirect" title="Upper-class">upper-class</a> and <a href="/wiki/Middle-class" class="mw-redirect" title="Middle-class">middle-class</a> women to the young girls under their care, such as French or another language, the piano or another musical instrument, and often <a href="/wiki/Painting" title="Painting">painting</a> (usually the more ladylike watercolours, rather than oils) or poetry. It was also possible for other (usually male) teachers with specialist knowledge and skills to be brought in, such as a drawing master or dancing master.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="In_the_United_Kingdom">In the United Kingdom</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Governess&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: In the United Kingdom"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/Victorian_era" title="Victorian era">Victorian</a> household, the governess was neither a <a href="/wiki/Servant_(domestic)" class="mw-redirect" title="Servant (domestic)">servant</a> nor a member of the host family. She worked in the <a href="/wiki/Social_structure_of_the_United_Kingdom#Upper_class" class="mw-redirect" title="Social structure of the United Kingdom">upper-class home</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Landed_gentry" title="Landed gentry">landed gentry</a> or aristocracy. She herself had a middle-class background and education, yet was paid for her services. As a sign of this social limbo, she frequently ate on her own, away from the rest of the family and servants. By definition, a governess was an unmarried woman who lived in someone else's home, which meant that she was subject to their rules. In any case, she had to maintain an impeccable reputation by avoiding anything which could embarrass or offend her employers. If a particular governess was young and beautiful, the lady of the house might well perceive a potential threat to her marriage and enforce the governess's <a href="/wiki/Social_exclusion" title="Social exclusion">social exclusion</a> more rigorously. As a result of these various restrictions, the lifestyle of the typical Victorian governess was often one of social isolation and solitude, without the opportunity to make friends. The fact that her presence in the household was underpinned by an employment contract emphasized that she could never truly be part of the host family.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>However, being a governess was one of the few legitimate ways by which an unmarried, middle-class woman could support herself in Victorian society.<sup id="cite_ref-refgov_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-refgov-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The majority of governesses were women whose fortunes had drastically declined (e.g. <a href="/wiki/Sarah_Bennett" title="Sarah Bennett">Sarah Bennett</a><sup id="cite_ref-refgov_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-refgov-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>), due to perhaps the death of their father or both of their parents, or the failure of the family business, and had no relatives willing to take them in. Her position was often depicted as one to be pitied, and the only way out of it was to get married. It was difficult for a governess to find a suitable husband because most of the eligible men she encountered were her social superiors, who preferred a bride from within their own social class, particularly since such women generally had better financial resources.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Once a governess's charges grew up, she had to seek a new position, or, exceptionally, might be retained by a grown daughter as a <a href="/wiki/Lady%27s_companion" title="Lady's companion">paid companion</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="British_governesses_outside_the_United_Kingdom">British governesses outside the United Kingdom</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Governess&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: British governesses outside the United Kingdom"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>An option for the more adventurous was to find an appointment abroad. There is also some allusion to the phenomenon of governesses being engaged abroad in <i>A galaxy of governesses</i> by Bea Howe.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Russian_Empire" title="Russian Empire">Russian Empire</a> proved to be a relatively well-paid option for many. According to <a href="/wiki/Harvey_Pitcher" title="Harvey Pitcher">Harvey Pitcher</a> in <i>When Miss Emmie was in Russia: English Governesses before, during and after the October Revolution</i>,<sup id="cite_ref-Pitcher_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pitcher-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as many as thousands of English-speaking governesses went there. The estimate of numbers ('thousands'), although necessarily vague, is justified by some knowledge of the main <a href="/wiki/Lodging_house" class="mw-redirect" title="Lodging house">lodging house</a> used by those not accommodated with their host families, <a href="/wiki/St._Andrew%27s_Anglican_Church,_Moscow#Early_history" title="St. Andrew's Anglican Church, Moscow">St. Andrew's House, Moscow</a>, and by the places of worship they preferentially frequented, for example <a href="/wiki/St._Andrew%27s_Anglican_Church,_Moscow" title="St. Andrew's Anglican Church, Moscow">the church associated with the House</a>. Pitcher drew extensively on the archives of the <a href="/wiki/Queen%27s_College,_London#History" title="Queen's College, London">Governesses' Benevolent Institution</a> in London.<sup id="cite_ref-Pitcher_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pitcher-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_governesses">Notable governesses</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Governess&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Notable governesses"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Marian_Hubbard_Daisy_Bell_and_Elsie_May_Bell_with_governess.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Marian_Hubbard_Daisy_Bell_and_Elsie_May_Bell_with_governess.jpg/170px-Marian_Hubbard_Daisy_Bell_and_Elsie_May_Bell_with_governess.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="262" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Marian_Hubbard_Daisy_Bell_and_Elsie_May_Bell_with_governess.jpg/255px-Marian_Hubbard_Daisy_Bell_and_Elsie_May_Bell_with_governess.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Marian_Hubbard_Daisy_Bell_and_Elsie_May_Bell_with_governess.jpg/340px-Marian_Hubbard_Daisy_Bell_and_Elsie_May_Bell_with_governess.jpg 2x" data-file-width="594" data-file-height="917" /></a><figcaption>The daughters of <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Graham_Bell" title="Alexander Graham Bell">Alexander Graham Bell</a> with their governess, c. 1885.</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Katherine_Swynford" title="Katherine Swynford">Katherine Swynford</a> (<abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1350</span> – 1403), governess to the children of <a href="/wiki/John_of_Gaunt" title="John of Gaunt">John of Gaunt</a>, became his mistress and the mother of his Beaufort children; after some time, the couple married, and eventually the children were legitimised. She was a great-great grandmother of <a href="/wiki/Henry_VII_of_England" title="Henry VII of England">Henry VII of England</a> through his mother <a href="/wiki/Lady_Margaret_Beaufort" title="Lady Margaret Beaufort">Lady Margaret Beaufort</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Margaret_Pole,_Countess_of_Salisbury" title="Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury">Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury</a> (1473–1541), governess to the future Queen <a href="/wiki/Mary_I_of_England" title="Mary I of England">Mary I of England</a>. They were also third cousins.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kat_Ashley" title="Kat Ashley">Kat Ashley</a> (circa 1502 – 1565), governess to Queen <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_I_of_England" class="mw-redirect" title="Elizabeth I of England">Elizabeth I of England</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madame_de_Maintenon" class="mw-redirect" title="Madame de Maintenon">Madame de Maintenon</a> (1635–1719), who became the last mistress of <a href="/wiki/Louis_XIV_of_France" class="mw-redirect" title="Louis XIV of France">Louis XIV of France</a>, gained entry to his <a href="/wiki/Social_network" title="Social network">inner circle</a> as governess to his illegitimate offspring, the children of <a href="/wiki/Madame_de_Montespan" class="mw-redirect" title="Madame de Montespan">Madame de Montespan</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jane_Gardiner" title="Jane Gardiner">Jane Gardiner</a> (1758–1840), from her mid-teens governess to the daughters of <a href="/wiki/Sir_Mordaunt_Martin,_4th_Baronet" title="Sir Mordaunt Martin, 4th Baronet">Lady Martin</a>, and from 1780 to the children of <a href="/wiki/Henry_Fox-Strangways,_2nd_Earl_of_Ilchester" title="Henry Fox-Strangways, 2nd Earl of Ilchester">Lord Ilchester</a>. She was succeeded in this second post by <a href="/wiki/Agnes_Porter" title="Agnes Porter">Agnes Porter</a>, whose memoirs were reprinted in 1998 as <i>A Governess in the Age of <a href="/wiki/Jane_Austen" title="Jane Austen">Jane Austen</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary_Wollstonecraft" title="Mary Wollstonecraft">Mary Wollstonecraft</a> (1759–1797), author of the early feminist classic <i><a href="/wiki/A_Vindication_of_the_Rights_of_Woman" title="A Vindication of the Rights of Woman">A Vindication of the Rights of Woman</a></i>, worked as a governess in the household of the Anglo-Irish Kingsborough family, where she greatly influenced <a href="/wiki/Margaret_King" title="Margaret King">Margaret King</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maria_Flaxman" title="Maria Flaxman">Maria Flaxman</a> (1768–1833), artist, governess to the children of <a href="/wiki/Georgiana_Hare-Naylor" title="Georgiana Hare-Naylor">Georgiana Hare-Naylor</a> and <a href="/wiki/Francis_Hare-Naylor" title="Francis Hare-Naylor">Francis Hare-Naylor</a> while the family lived on the Continent</li> <li>Baroness <a href="/wiki/Louise_Lehzen" class="mw-redirect" title="Louise Lehzen">Louise Lehzen</a> (1784–1870) and <a href="/wiki/Charlotte_Percy,_Duchess_of_Northumberland" title="Charlotte Percy, Duchess of Northumberland">Charlotte Percy, Duchess of Northumberland</a> (1787–1866), governesses to the future <a href="/wiki/Queen_Victoria" title="Queen Victoria">Queen Victoria</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anna_Brownell_Jameson" title="Anna Brownell Jameson">Anna Brownell Jameson</a> (1794–1860), who became a well-known British writer on a range of subjects including early <a href="/wiki/Feminism" title="Feminism">feminism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anna_Leonowens" title="Anna Leonowens">Anna Leonowens</a> (1831–1915), governess to the harem of <a href="/wiki/Mongkut" title="Mongkut">Mongkut</a> (King of what is now Thailand). Her memoirs were later novelised as <i><a href="/wiki/Anna_and_the_King_of_Siam_(book)" class="mw-redirect" title="Anna and the King of Siam (book)">Anna and the King of Siam</a></i>, which in turn inspired the musical drama <i><a href="/wiki/The_King_and_I" title="The King and I">The King and I</a></i>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edith_Cavell" title="Edith Cavell">Edith Cavell</a> (1865–1915) worked first as a governess before she trained as a nurse</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anne_Sullivan" title="Anne Sullivan">Anne Sullivan</a> (1866–1936), the so-called <i><a href="/wiki/The_Miracle_Worker" title="The Miracle Worker">Miracle Worker</a></i>, who educated the remarkable <a href="/wiki/Deaf_and_blind" class="mw-redirect" title="Deaf and blind">deaf and blind</a> girl <a href="/wiki/Helen_Keller" title="Helen Keller">Helen Keller</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marie_Curie" title="Marie Curie">Marie Curie</a> (1867–1934), who worked as a governess in multiple households to fund her education, later became one of the most influential women in the history of science.<sup id="cite_ref-psb112_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-psb112-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maria_von_Trapp" title="Maria von Trapp">Maria von Trapp</a> (1905–1987), the real-life inspiration for <i><a href="/wiki/The_Sound_of_Music" title="The Sound of Music">The Sound of Music</a></i>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marion_Crawford" title="Marion Crawford">Marion Crawford</a> ("Crawfie") (1909–1988), governess of <a href="/wiki/Queen_Elizabeth_II" class="mw-redirect" title="Queen Elizabeth II">Queen Elizabeth II</a> and <a href="/wiki/Princess_Margaret" class="mw-redirect" title="Princess Margaret">Princess Margaret</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Fictional">Fictional</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Governess&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Fictional"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Novels">Novels</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Governess&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Novels"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Several well-known works of fiction, particularly in the nineteenth century, have focused on governesses.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Governess,_or_The_Little_Female_Academy" class="mw-redirect" title="The Governess, or The Little Female Academy">The Governess, or The Little Female Academy</a></i> (1749) is a collection of short stories for children, by <a href="/wiki/Sarah_Fielding" title="Sarah Fielding">Sarah Fielding</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jane_Austen" title="Jane Austen">Jane Austen</a>'s novel <i><a href="/wiki/Emma_(novel)" title="Emma (novel)">Emma</a></i> (1815) opens with the eponymous heroine losing Miss Taylor, the governess who had become a family companion, to marriage with Mr. Weston. Later, Jane Fairfax feels the threat of being forced to become a governess if her covert attachment to Frank Churchill all comes to nothing.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary_Martha_Sherwood" title="Mary Martha Sherwood">Mary Martha Sherwood</a> wrote a revised version of <i>The Governess, or The Little Female Academy</i> in 1820.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jane_Eyre_(character)" title="Jane Eyre (character)">Jane Eyre</a>, the protagonist in <a href="/wiki/Charlotte_Bront%C3%AB" title="Charlotte Brontë">Charlotte Brontë</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Jane_Eyre" title="Jane Eyre">novel of that name</a> (1847), serves as a governess to the ward of her future husband, Edward Fairfax Rochester.</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Agnes_Grey" title="Agnes Grey">Agnes Grey</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Anne_Bront%C3%AB" title="Anne Brontë">Anne Brontë</a> the same year portrays a more realistic view of what life for a governess was like.</li> <li>Becky Sharp, the main character in <a href="/wiki/William_Makepeace_Thackeray" title="William Makepeace Thackeray">William Makepeace Thackeray</a>'s novel <i><a href="/wiki/Vanity_Fair_(novel)" title="Vanity Fair (novel)">Vanity Fair</a></i> (1847–48), is employed as a governess.</li> <li>Madame de la Rougierre is the wicked and mentally unbalanced French governess to heiress orphan Maud Ruthyn in <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Sheridan_Le_Fanu" class="mw-redirect" title="Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu">Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu</a>'s gothic novel <i><a href="/wiki/Uncle_Silas" title="Uncle Silas">Uncle Silas</a></i> (1864).</li> <li>Stiva, the brother of the eponymous heroine in <i><a href="/wiki/Anna_Karenina" title="Anna Karenina">Anna Karenina</a></i> (1878), had an affair with his children's governess.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_James" title="Henry James">Henry James</a>'s most famous governess is the over-sensitive and perhaps hysterical protagonist in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Turn_of_the_Screw" title="The Turn of the Screw">The Turn of the Screw</a> (1898).</i></li> <li>Two of the <a href="/wiki/Sherlock_Holmes" title="Sherlock Holmes">Sherlock Holmes</a> stories tell the tales of governesses: Violet Hunter, in "<a href="/wiki/The_Adventure_of_the_Copper_Beeches" title="The Adventure of the Copper Beeches">The Adventure of the Copper Beeches</a>", and Violet Smith, in "<a href="/wiki/The_Adventure_of_the_Solitary_Cyclist" title="The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist">The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist</a>". In addition, <a href="/wiki/Mary_Morstan" class="mw-redirect" title="Mary Morstan">Mary Morstan</a>, the wife of <a href="/wiki/Dr._John_Watson" class="mw-redirect" title="Dr. John Watson">Dr. John Watson</a>, used to be a governess.</li> <li>Dante serves as governess to <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Dedalus" title="Stephen Dedalus">Stephen Dedalus</a> and his siblings in <a href="/wiki/James_Joyce" title="James Joyce">James Joyce</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/A_Portrait_of_the_Artist_as_a_Young_Man" title="A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man">A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man</a></i> (1916).</li> <li>In <a href="/wiki/Winifred_Watson" title="Winifred Watson">Winifred Watson</a>'s novel <i><a href="/wiki/Miss_Pettigrew_Lives_for_a_Day_(novel)" title="Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (novel)">Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day</a></i> (1938), the title character is a life-long governess who unexpectedly finds other employment.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patricia_Wentworth" title="Patricia Wentworth">Patricia Wentworth</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Miss_Silver" title="Miss Silver">Miss Silver</a> series of novels, features Maud Silver as a governess turned private enquiry agent.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terry_Pratchett" title="Terry Pratchett">Terry Pratchett</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Discworld" title="Discworld">Discworld</a></i> series features a governess named <a href="/wiki/Susan_Sto_Helit" title="Susan Sto Helit">Susan Sto Helit</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eva_Ibbotson" title="Eva Ibbotson">Eva Ibbotson</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Children%27s_literature" title="Children's literature">children's novel</a> <i><a href="/wiki/Journey_to_the_River_Sea" title="Journey to the River Sea">Journey to the River Sea</a></i> (2001) features Arabella Minton as governess to the main character.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michel_Faber" title="Michel Faber">Michel Faber</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Historical_fiction" title="Historical fiction">historical fiction</a> <i><a href="/wiki/The_Crimson_Petal_and_the_White" title="The Crimson Petal and the White">The Crimson Petal and the White</a></i> (2002) features a clever woman, Sugar, who climbs improbably from prostitution to governess</li> <li>In <a href="/wiki/Libba_Bray" title="Libba Bray">Libba Bray</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Gemma_Doyle_Trilogy" title="Gemma Doyle Trilogy">Gemma Doyle Trilogy</a></i> (2003–2007), the title character's orphaned friend is brought up to be a governess.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diane_Setterfield" title="Diane Setterfield">Diane Setterfield</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Gothic_fiction" title="Gothic fiction">gothic</a> suspense novel <i><a href="/wiki/The_Thirteenth_Tale" title="The Thirteenth Tale">The Thirteenth Tale</a></i> (2006) develops parallels with <i>Jane Eyre</i>, including the role of the governess.</li> <li>In the <a href="/wiki/Jeanne-Marie_Leprince_de_Beaumont" title="Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont">Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont</a>'s writing <i>Containing Dialogues between a Governess and Several Young Ladies of Quality Her Scholars</i>, which was published in <i>The Young Misses Magazine</i>, she writes about the polite talks between Ms. Bonne and her class.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="In_film">In film</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Governess&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: In film"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Governess" title="The Governess">The Governess</a></i> is a 1998 British <a href="/wiki/Period_piece" class="mw-redirect" title="Period piece">period</a> <a href="/wiki/Drama_(film_and_television)" title="Drama (film and television)">drama film</a> written and directed by <a href="/wiki/Sandra_Goldbacher" title="Sandra Goldbacher">Sandra Goldbacher</a>.</li> <li>Maggie Evans/Victoria Winters is hired to be governess to David Collins in the 2012 film <a href="/wiki/Dark_Shadows_(film)" title="Dark Shadows (film)"><i>Dark Shadows</i></a>.</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Miss_Mary_(1986_film)" title="Miss Mary (1986 film)">Miss Mary</a></i> (1986) stars <a href="/wiki/Julie_Christie" title="Julie Christie">Julie Christie</a> as the eponymous English governess in pre-Peron Argentina.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="In_television">In television</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Governess&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: In television"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Soap opera <i><a href="/wiki/Dark_Shadows" title="Dark Shadows">Dark Shadows</a></i> featured the character Victoria Winters as the governess to David Collins.</li> <li>In <i><a href="/wiki/Star_Trek:_Voyager" title="Star Trek: Voyager">Star Trek: Voyager</a></i>, Captain <a href="/wiki/Kathryn_Janeway" title="Kathryn Janeway">Kathryn Janeway</a> spends recreation time playing the role of a governess, Lucille Davenport, on the <a href="/wiki/Holodeck" title="Holodeck">holodeck</a></li> <li>The Victorian version of <a href="/wiki/Clara_Oswald" title="Clara Oswald">Clara Oswald</a> in the 2012 <i><a href="/wiki/Doctor_Who" title="Doctor Who">Doctor Who</a></i> Christmas special <i><a href="/wiki/The_Snowmen" title="The Snowmen">The Snowmen</a></i> was a governess to Captain Latimer's children.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Other_uses">Other uses</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Governess&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Other uses"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The term "governess" is an archaic <a href="/wiki/Gender_marking_in_job_titles" title="Gender marking in job titles">gendered job title</a> for a politician; now the word "<a href="/wiki/Governor" title="Governor">governor</a>" is used for men or women. For example, <a href="/wiki/Ke%CA%BBelik%C5%8Dlani" title="Keʻelikōlani">Keʻelikōlani</a> was known as the <a href="/wiki/Governors_of_Hawaii_(island)" title="Governors of Hawaii (island)">governess of Hawaii</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Anne_Hegerty" title="Anne Hegerty">Anne Hegerty</a>, one of the Chasers on <a href="/wiki/The_Chase_(UK_game_show)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Chase (UK game show)">the British</a> and <a href="/wiki/The_Chase_Australia" title="The Chase Australia">Australian versions</a> of <i>The Chase</i>, is nicknamed "The Governess".<sup id="cite_ref-bradleywalsh.co.uk_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bradleywalsh.co.uk-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span 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title="Australian Broadcasting Corporation">Australian Broadcasting Corporation</a>).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription 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.cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFEllis2000" class="citation book cs1">Ellis, Phyllis (2000). <i>Desert Governess: An Inside View on the Saudi Arabian Royal Family</i>. London: Eye Books. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-903070-01-5" title="Special:BookSources/1-903070-01-5"><bdi>1-903070-01-5</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Desert+Governess%3A+An+Inside+View+on+the+Saudi+Arabian+Royal+Family&rft.place=London&rft.pub=Eye+Books&rft.date=2000&rft.isbn=1-903070-01-5&rft.aulast=Ellis&rft.aufirst=Phyllis&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGoverness" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Harris, Julia: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20050308222122/http://www.abc.net.au/westqld/stories/s1220741.htm">A career as a Governess? What skills do you need?</a>, <a href="/wiki/Australian_Broadcasting_Corporation" title="Australian Broadcasting Corporation">Australian Broadcasting Corporation</a>, 15 October 2004.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/4995583/Return-of-the-governess-as-parents-look-to-give-children-exam-advantage.html">Return of the governess as parents look to give children exam advantage</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Daily_Telegraph" title="The Daily Telegraph">The Telegraph</a>, <i>Telegraph.co.uk</i>, 15 March 2009.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMcDonald1907" class="citation book cs1">McDonald, James Joseph, and J. A. C. Chandler (1907). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/lifeinoldvir00mcdo"><i>Life in Old Virginia; A Description of Virginia More Particularly the Tidewater Section, Narrating Many Incidents Relating to the Manners and Customs of Old Virginia so Fast Disappearing As a Result of the War between the States, Together with Many Humorous Stories</i></a>. Norfolk, Va: Old Virginia Pub. Co. p. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/lifeinoldvir00mcdo/page/241">241</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Life+in+Old+Virginia%3B+A+Description+of+Virginia+More+Particularly+the+Tidewater+Section%2C+Narrating+Many+Incidents+Relating+to+the+Manners+and+Customs+of+Old+Virginia+so+Fast+Disappearing+As+a+Result+of+the+War+between+the+States%2C+Together+with+Many+Humorous+Stories&rft.place=Norfolk%2C+Va&rft.pages=241&rft.pub=Old+Virginia+Pub.+Co.&rft.date=1907&rft.aulast=McDonald&rft.aufirst=James+Joseph%2C+and+J.+A.+C.+Chandler&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Flifeinoldvir00mcdo&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGoverness" class="Z3988"></span><span class="cs1-maint citation-comment"><code class="cs1-code">{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Cite_book" title="Template:Cite book">cite book</a>}}</code>: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (<a href="/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_multiple_names:_authors_list" title="Category:CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list">link</a>)</span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-refgov-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-refgov_6-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-refgov_6-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMcDermid2004" class="citation encyclopaedia cs1">McDermid, Jane (2004-09-23). <span class="id-lock-subscription" title="Paid subscription required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-49144">"Bennett, Sarah (1797–1861), governess"</a></span>. <i><a href="/wiki/Dictionary_of_National_Biography#Oxford_Dictionary_of_National_Biography" title="Dictionary of National Biography">Oxford Dictionary of National Biography</a></i> (online ed.). Oxford University Press. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1093%2Fref%3Aodnb%2F49144">10.1093/ref:odnb/49144</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-19-861412-8" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-19-861412-8"><bdi>978-0-19-861412-8</bdi></a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2023-04-20</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Bennett%2C+Sarah+%281797%E2%80%931861%29%2C+governess&rft.btitle=Oxford+Dictionary+of+National+Biography&rft.edition=online&rft.pub=Oxford+University+Press&rft.date=2004-09-23&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1093%2Fref%3Aodnb%2F49144&rft.isbn=978-0-19-861412-8&rft.aulast=McDermid&rft.aufirst=Jane&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.oxforddnb.com%2Fview%2F10.1093%2Fref%3Aodnb%2F9780198614128.001.0001%2Fodnb-9780198614128-e-49144&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGoverness" class="Z3988"></span> <span style="font-size:0.95em; font-size:95%; color: var( --color-subtle, #555 )">(Subscription or <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.oxforddnb.com/help/subscribe#public">UK public library membership</a> required.)</span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Howe, Bea (1954): <i>A galaxy of governesses</i> (London, D. Verschoyle)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Pitcher-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Pitcher_8-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Pitcher_8-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Pitcher, Harvey (1977). <i>When Miss Emmie was in Russia: English Governesses before, during and after the October Revolution</i>, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1906011494" title="Special:BookSources/1906011494">1906011494</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPorter1998" class="citation book cs1">Porter, Anne (1998). <i>A Governess in the Age of Jane Austen: The Journals and Letters of Agnes Porter</i>. A&C Black.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=A+Governess+in+the+Age+of+Jane+Austen%3A+The+Journals+and+Letters+of+Agnes+Porter&rft.pub=A%26C+Black&rft.date=1998&rft.aulast=Porter&rft.aufirst=Anne&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGoverness" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-psb112-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-psb112_10-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFEstreicher1938" class="citation book cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a href="/wiki/Tadeusz_Estreicher" title="Tadeusz Estreicher">Estreicher, Tadeusz</a> (1938). "Curie, Maria ze Skłodowskich". <a href="/wiki/Polski_s%C5%82ownik_biograficzny" class="mw-redirect" title="Polski słownik biograficzny"><i>Polski słownik biograficzny, vol. 4</i></a> (in Polish). p. 112.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Curie%2C+Maria+ze+Sk%C5%82odowskich&rft.btitle=Polski+s%C5%82ownik+biograficzny%2C+vol.+4&rft.pages=112&rft.date=1938&rft.aulast=Estreicher&rft.aufirst=Tadeusz&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGoverness" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Lecaros, Cecilia Wadsö. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.victorianweb.org/gender/wadso2.html">The Victorian Governess Novel</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=DmwEAAAAYAAJ">"The Young Misses Magazine:: Containing Dialogues Between a Governess and Several Young Ladies of Quality, Her Scholars. : In which Each Lady is Made to Speak According to Her Particular Genius, Temper, and Inclination: Their Several Faults are Pointed Out, and the Easy Way to Mend Them, as Well as to Think, and Speak, and Act Properly; No Less Care Being Taken to Form Their Hearts to Goodness, Than to Enlighten Their Understandings with Useful Knowledge. : A Short and Clear Abridgement is Also Given of Sacred and Profane History, and Some Lessons in Geography. : The Useful is Blended Throughout with the Agreeable, the Whole Being Interspersed with Proper Reflections and Moral Tales. Vol. I[-II]"</a>. <i>The Young Misses Magazine at books.google.com</i>. 1800<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">8 December</span> 2020</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=The+Young+Misses+Magazine+at+books.google.com&rft.atitle=The+Young+Misses+Magazine%3A%3A+Containing+Dialogues+Between+a+Governess+and+Several+Young+Ladies+of+Quality%2C+Her+Scholars.+%3A+In+which+Each+Lady+is+Made+to+Speak+According+to+Her+Particular+Genius%2C+Temper%2C+and+Inclination%3A+Their+Several+Faults+are+Pointed+Out%2C+and+the+Easy+Way+to+Mend+Them%2C+as+Well+as+to+Think%2C+and+Speak%2C+and+Act+Properly%3B+No+Less+Care+Being+Taken+to+Form+Their+Hearts+to+Goodness%2C+Than+to+Enlighten+Their+Understandings+with+Useful+Knowledge.+%3A+A+Short+and+Clear+Abridgement+is+Also+Given+of+Sacred+and+Profane+History%2C+and+Some+Lessons+in+Geography.+%3A+The+Useful+is+Blended+Throughout+with+the+Agreeable%2C+the+Whole+Being+Interspersed+with+Proper+Reflections+and+Moral+Tales.+Vol.+I%26%2391%3B-II%26%2393%3B&rft.date=1800&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DDmwEAAAAYAAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGoverness" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFStaley1868" class="citation book cs1">Staley, Thomas Nettleship (1868). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://anglicanhistory.org/hawaii/staley1868/07.html"><i>Five Years' Church Work in the Kingdom of Hawaii</i></a>. p. 108<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">31 October</span> 2016</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Five+Years%27+Church+Work+in+the+Kingdom+of+Hawaii&rft.pages=108&rft.date=1868&rft.aulast=Staley&rft.aufirst=Thomas+Nettleship&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fanglicanhistory.org%2Fhawaii%2Fstaley1868%2F07.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGoverness" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-bradleywalsh.co.uk-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-bradleywalsh.co.uk_14-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.bradleywalsh.co.uk/tv-the-chase-meet-the-chasers.php">"The Chase – Meet the Chasers"</a>. Bradley Walsh<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">28 July</span> 2014</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=The+Chase+%E2%80%93+Meet+the+Chasers&rft.pub=Bradley+Walsh&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bradleywalsh.co.uk%2Ftv-the-chase-meet-the-chasers.php&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGoverness" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Governess&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBrandon2008" class="citation book cs1">Brandon, Ruth (2008). <i>Other People's Daughters: The Lives And Times Of The Governess</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Other+People%27s+Daughters%3A+The+Lives+And+Times+Of+The+Governess&rft.date=2008&rft.aulast=Brandon&rft.aufirst=Ruth&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGoverness" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBroughtonSymes1997" class="citation book cs1">Broughton, Trev; Symes, Ruth (1997). <i>The Governess: An Anthology</i>. Stroud: Sutton. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7509-1503-X" title="Special:BookSources/0-7509-1503-X"><bdi>0-7509-1503-X</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Governess%3A+An+Anthology&rft.place=Stroud&rft.pub=Sutton&rft.date=1997&rft.isbn=0-7509-1503-X&rft.aulast=Broughton&rft.aufirst=Trev&rft.au=Symes%2C+Ruth&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGoverness" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li>Budde, Gunilla (2018), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://ieg-ego.eu/en/threads/europe-on-the-road/economic-migration/gunilla-budde-traveling-teachers-in-europe-gouvernanten-governesses-and-gouvernantes?set_language=en&-C=">Traveling teachers in Europe: Gouvernanten, governesses, and gouvernantes</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ieg-ego.eu/">EGO – European History Online</a>, Mainz: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ieg-mainz.de/likecms/index.php">Institute of European History</a>, retrieved: March 25, 2021 (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://d-nb.info/1175561932/34">pdf</a>).</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHughes1993" class="citation book cs1">Hughes, Kathryn (1993). <i>The Victorian Governess</i>. London: Hambledon. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-85285-002-7" title="Special:BookSources/1-85285-002-7"><bdi>1-85285-002-7</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Victorian+Governess&rft.place=London&rft.pub=Hambledon&rft.date=1993&rft.isbn=1-85285-002-7&rft.aulast=Hughes&rft.aufirst=Kathryn&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGoverness" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPeterson1972" class="citation book cs1">Peterson, M. Jeanne (1972). "The Victorian Governess: Status Incongruence in Family and Society". In <a href="/wiki/Martha_Vicinus" title="Martha Vicinus">Vicinus, Martha</a> (ed.). <i>Suffer and Be Still: Women In the Victorian Age</i>. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-253-35572-9" title="Special:BookSources/0-253-35572-9"><bdi>0-253-35572-9</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=The+Victorian+Governess%3A+Status+Incongruence+in+Family+and+Society&rft.btitle=Suffer+and+Be+Still%3A+Women+In+the+Victorian+Age&rft.place=Bloomington&rft.pub=Indiana+University+Press&rft.date=1972&rft.isbn=0-253-35572-9&rft.aulast=Peterson&rft.aufirst=M.+Jeanne&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGoverness" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <p><br /> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Governess&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output .side-box{margin:4px 0;box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #aaa;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em;background-color:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle,#f8f9fa);display:flow-root}.mw-parser-output .side-box-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{padding:0.25em 0.9em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-image{padding:2px 0 2px 0.9em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-imageright{padding:2px 0.9em 2px 0;text-align:center}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .side-box-flex{display:flex;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{flex:1;min-width:0}}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .side-box{width:238px}.mw-parser-output .side-box-right{clear:right;float:right;margin-left:1em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-left{margin-right:1em}}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1237033735">@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox{display:none!important}}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox img[src*="Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg"]{background-color:white}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox img[src*="Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg"]{background-color:white}}</style><div class="side-box side-box-right plainlinks sistersitebox"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style> <div class="side-box-flex"> <div class="side-box-image"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/30px-Commons-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/45px-Commons-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/59px-Commons-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="1376" /></span></span></div> <div class="side-box-text plainlist">Wikimedia Commons has media related to <span style="font-weight: bold; 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