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Wait... schools taught girls how to be posh?
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Dahhhhling! In the 1960s girls went to deportment schools to learn how to be ‘ladylike’... and women were also taught how to be ‘good wives.’
This episode will answer questions like:
- What is deportment school?
- What do you learn at deportment school?
- Do deportment schools still exist?
- Why did they make girls walk with books on their heads?
Find more episodes of kids’ history podcast Wait... They Did What!? with Tilly Oddy-Black on the Kids tab of ABC listen.