Fathers and daughters; Copenhagen's Dottreskolen of 1791.

From: Scandinavian Studies | Date: March 22, 1993| Author: Gold, Carol | Copyright information

Copenhagen's 'Dottreskolen' came under parental leadership in 1791 and evolved into an institution in which upper middle class girls were taught academic subjects, not just traditional girls' subjects such as needlework. The parents thus gave superficial approval to traditional female ideas while at the same time exposing their daughters to the world of academe. Parents were still preparing their children for the world they knew, in which women needed the organizational skills to run a large ...

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