Ellsworth, Edward W. Liberators of the Female Mind: The Shirreff Sisters, Educational Reform, and the Women’s Movement. Greenwood, 1979.
8, 10
Elizabeth Shirreff
Standard Name: Shirreff, Elizabeth
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Education | Maria Grey | Maria and her sister Emily
were largely educated by their French-Swiss governess, Adele Piquet
, who spoke no English. Their mother
taught them needlepoint while their father instructed them in astronomy and other sciences. |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Emily Shirreff | ES
's mother, Elizabeth (Murray) Shirreff
, was the daughter of the Honourable David Murray
. Ellsworth, Edward W. Liberators of the Female Mind: The Shirreff Sisters, Educational Reform, and the Women’s Movement. Greenwood, 1979. 7 |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Emily Shirreff | ES
had devoted much time to nursing her mother between 1859 and 1873. Elizabeth Shirreff
died in June 1873, and Emily and her sister Maria turned to travel as a means of recovering after her... |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Maria Grey | MG
's mother, Elizabeth (Murray) Shirreff
, was born to an upper-class English family of Scottish ancestry. Her father was the Honourable David Murray
. Ellsworth, Edward W. Liberators of the Female Mind: The Shirreff Sisters, Educational Reform, and the Women’s Movement. Greenwood, 1979. 7 Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2024, 22 vols. plus supplements. |
| Instructor | Emily Shirreff | ES
' early education was primarily domestic. Her father employed Adele Piquet
, a French-Swiss governess who spoke no English, to educate Emily and Maria
. The girls' mother
also read to them and taught them needlepoint. Ellsworth, Edward W. Liberators of the Female Mind: The Shirreff Sisters, Educational Reform, and the Women’s Movement. Greenwood, 1979. 8, 10 |
| Travel | Emily Shirreff | By 1847, ES
was living in her mother
's home in Lowndes Square in London with her sister
and brother-in-law
. Ellsworth, Edward W. Liberators of the Female Mind: The Shirreff Sisters, Educational Reform, and the Women’s Movement. Greenwood, 1979. 15 |
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