Limité en principe à la bourgeoisie, différent de l'enseignement secondaire des garçons, l'enseignement secondaire féminin renvoie à l'image de la femme que se faisait la société du 19e siècle finissant. L'histoire de cette institution, contemporaine...
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Meant at the start for the daughters of the bourgeoisie, the girls' secondary éducation System reflects the image of womanhood in late 19th century society. Using a wide variety of sources and data, the study shows how, created as anti-clerical institutions designed to guarantee social stability, girls' high schools became avenues for access to professional employment, both reflections of current society and factors of vast change.