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  1. www.historynet.com › britains-secret-weapon-the-13This 13-Year-Old Schoolgirl Helped Win the Battle of Britain ...

    Feb 9, 2021 · He could not know that the roots of Britain’s eventual victory reached even to an English schoolgirl who, in 1934, helped create the aerial firepower that would prove critical to defeating Germany during the Battle of Britain. First developed in 1934, the Supermarine Spitfire was initially designed to have two guns on each wing.

  2. www.historic-uk.com › CultureUK › Girls-GrammarA Girls' Grammar School in the 1950s and 1960s - Historic UK

    Jan 7, 2021 · The role of a girls’ grammar school was not just to educate the brightest to go on to university. Pupils were also trained to become the wives of the middle classes: the spouses of bank managers, lawyers, doctors, accountants, architects, civil servants and so on.

  3. theconversation.com › what-being-a-teenage-girl-inWhat being a teenage girl in 1960s Britain was really like

    May 1, 2024 · Dressed in a mini skirt and passionate about boys, music, dance and fashion, the 1960s teenage girl is a pop culture icon, the seeming beneficiary of the ascendancy of mass youth culture in the...

    • Penny Tinkler

  4. www.girlmuseum.org › our-private-world-girlsOur Private World: Girls' School Stories - Girl Museum

    Jan 20, 2020 · Fielding’s novel was the beginning of a new genre – over the next hundred years, there were to be at least 90 published stories set in British boarding schools. Girls’ school stories developed in parallel to boys’ school stories.

  5. juliabrannan.com › historical-articles › educationEducation in the 18th Century – Girls – Julia Brannan

    May 15, 2021 · Because of this, parents who did wish their daughters to attend boarding school put a great deal of time and effort into choosing the right one. Most girls, however, were taught either in a schoolroom at home, at day schools, or later in the century by governesses.

  6. www.wisearchive.co.uk › story › memories-of-boardingMemories of boarding school life in London (1930s-1940s)

    Memories of boarding school life in London (1930s-1940s) - WISEArchive. Location: London. Jean’s story gives us an insight into life in a girls’ boarding school in the 1930s and 1940s. It tells of fellowship and loneliness, spartan conditions and an ill-fated attempt to run away!

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  8. www.standard.co.uk › lifestyle › london-life15 inspiring British women who changed the world | London ...

    Nov 15, 2019 · Below find a list of 15 British women who have truly changed the course of history and made their mark on the world. 1. Jane Austen. Getty. Author (December 16, 1775 – July 18, 1817) Perhaps...