FIRST "PUBLIC SCHOOL" FOR GIRLS
The first "public' school" for girls of which any record can- Be found was the Ladies' Hall at Depfford—"patronised Iv the daughters of the nobility and gentry"—which. .in May, 161/, played a "masque before .Anne of Denmark and the Court at Greenwich. The inspiration of a common enthusiasm led on in 1698 to the foundation mf the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, which drew together zealous reformers from all parts of the kingdom. Their earliest efforts were directed to the provision of fiee day-schools, "for teaching poor children (whose parents are nob able to afford them any education) to read arid write, and to repeat and understand the Church Catechism." By this means the first charitv schools were established.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIII, 15 July 1929, Page 8
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124FIRST "PUBLIC SCHOOL" FOR GIRLS Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIII, 15 July 1929, Page 8
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