Ladies Hall
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Ladies Hall, Deptford
, London was the first English girls' school. It was founded in approximately 1615 by Robert White. It was for aristocratic girls, and they performed before Queen Anne 4 May 1617.
They taught basic reading and writing in English, and probably other skills a lady was encouraged to acquire, in music, dance, and needlework.
I. A. Shapiro doubts the existence of Ladies' Hall as a school, believing that it may simply have been where the young gentlewomen attending Queen Anne's ladies-in-waiting were housed, and that the ladies there had joined together to perform a play.
Deptford
Deptford is a district of south London, England, located on the south bank of the River Thames. It is named after a ford of the River Ravensbourne, and from the mid 16th century to the late 19th was home to Deptford Dockyard, the first of the Royal Navy Dockyards.Deptford and the docks are...
, London was the first English girls' school. It was founded in approximately 1615 by Robert White. It was for aristocratic girls, and they performed before Queen Anne 4 May 1617.
They taught basic reading and writing in English, and probably other skills a lady was encouraged to acquire, in music, dance, and needlework.
I. A. Shapiro doubts the existence of Ladies' Hall as a school, believing that it may simply have been where the young gentlewomen attending Queen Anne's ladies-in-waiting were housed, and that the ladies there had joined together to perform a play.