SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
THE 13 COLONIES LIFE IN EARLY AMERICA
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As an apprentice
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At a Dame School
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As an Indentured Servant
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In a town meeting
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Detailed explanation-1: -In the 18th and 19th centuries, some dame schools offered boys and girls from wealthy families a “polite education". The women running these elite dame schools taught “reading, writing, English, French, arithmetic, music and dancing".
Detailed explanation-2: -Young girls were taught to read, write, tell stories, read romances and judge the merits of poetry. They often undertook singing lessons and were instructed in one or more musical instruments. It goes without saying that a noble woman was well-schooled in manners and courtesy.
Detailed explanation-3: -Recent studies corroborate what Camfed has observed and fostered on the ground: girls who complete primary and secondary education tend to marry later, have smaller families and earn significantly higher wages2.
Detailed explanation-4: -noun. : a school in which the rudiments of reading and writing were taught by a woman in her own home.