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At the turn of the 19th century, the education of girls was still very limited. Many parents were not all that interested in educating their daughters. By the time the British Government began studying the school situation, this had begun to change (1850s). And by the time Parliament acted (1870s), there was a growing consensus that girls should be educated. As far as we can tell, Parliament did not address this issue. But the local authorities as they opened schools did. We have not yet been able to determine the extent of single gender schools and coed schools. Secondary schools were largely single-gender schools until the move toward comprehensuves (1970s). We got the idea that primary schools were also largely single-gender schools because so many class portraits that we had archived were all boy or all girl classes. This was misleading because many schools were coed, but the boys and girls were kept in separate classes and in some cases separate floors. The age of the children also affected the ways the different genders were dealt with. It was more likely for the younger children to be taught together, but the older children sparated by gender. So the individual class portraits do not necesarily tell us what the school population was. Some schools also kept the boys and girls separate on the playground.
Related Chronolgy Pages in the Boys' Historical Web Site
[The 1880s]
[The 1930s]
[The 1940s]
[The 1950s]
[The 1960s]
[The 1970s]
[The 1980s]
Related Style Pages in the Boys' Historical Web Site
[Long pants suits]
[Short pants suits]
[Socks]
[Eton suits]
[Jacket and trousers]
[Blazer]
[School sandals]
