On the Lace list,
On 3/25/13 9:04 PM, Elizabeth Ligeti wrote:
As to girls going to school (other than Lace School) --
my Great, Great Grandfather was almost banished from the
family, as he sent his daughter (my Great Grandmother) to
school to learn to read and write. The family were
outraged that he wasted his hard-earned money sending a
Girl to school!!!
How times have changed!!
But not terribly fast. My grandmother was ashamed of her
spelling because she had to drop out of primary school as
soon as she was old enough to be useful, and the only way
Mother could get post-secondary education was to spend three
years working very hard for no pay at a hospital -- they
didn't even have time to eat; one of the interns said "A
student nurse would make a sandwich out of a piece of pie."
I got a bachelor's degree and didn't even have to take a
summer job.
--
Joy Beeson
http://roughsewing.home.comcast.net/
west of Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.A.
where it's spring! Spring at last!
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