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dame schools. Before the Education Act of 1870, many young children were taught by unqualified women in their own homes. The dame schools, which were often in the country, were privately supported and fees were charged. The curriculum was narrow and concentrated on reading and writing. Dame schools acquired a bad reputation yet Samuel Johnson remembered Dame Anne Oliver, a shoemaker's widow who also sold gingerbread, with affection.

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dame schools

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dame schools Before the Education Act of 1870, many young children were taught by unqualified women in their own homes. The dame schools were privately supported and fees were charged. The curriculum was narrow and concentrated on reading and writing.

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