Query: governess

title: The Servant Heroine: Unravelling the Life of a Victorian Governess in Agnes Grey and Jane Eyre
abstract: Charlotte and Anne Bronte were themselves educators. Therefore it is not surprising that education plays a prominent part in their novels. This study will examine the background of the governess in the nineteenth century and its main focus will be on the governess' role in the literary works of the two Bronte sisters, Charlotte and Anne. In this piece of writing, two novels will be compared, namely Agnes Grey by Anne Bronte and Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte in which the two sisters featured their heroines as governesses. Moreover, the paper will describe the difficulties and struggles which arise in the novels from the position of a governess. In addition, it will also examine the possible reasons which made Jane and Anne decide to take the role of governess and how the two heroines, Jane and Anne, saw themselves in that role. Finally, this study will aim to shed light on the significant role of the governess in the shaping of the story through these novels. (Harvard style has been used)

title: Arthur Selous, The Young Governess: A Tale for Girls

title: Leonowens, Anna Harriette: The English Governess at the Siamese Court

title: Hints on the Modern Governess System

title: 'A Governess Wanted' (1838)

title: Being a Governess

title: "Mother and wife genius governess:" Anna Freud and the Analytic Environment
abstract: This thesis considers Anna Freud's (1895 1982) early analytic environment (the combined space of her waiting room, bedroom and consulting room) at Berggasse 19 in Vienna, Austria. It explores the interrelation of space, psychoanalysis and biography, within a framework where interiority and interiors are considered agential tools. Built upon primary documents such as familial correspondence, photographs and relevant psychoanalytic theories, the following is, by necessity, a reconstruction of the child psychoanalyst's analytic environment. The text progresses spatially through the rooms and examines what Anna considered as societal expectations directed towards her: "Mother and wife genius governess" Beginning with the waiting room which Anna shared with her illustrious father and psychoanalyst, Sigmund Freud (1856 1939) the physical decorative manifestations of the highly gendered term 'genius' are explored. The bedroom, the next room in the analytic environment, opens with a discussion of Anna's relation to the roles of mother and wife, making way for a discussion of asceticism and altruism, two factors which inform the arrangement of the bedroom's furnishing. The consulting room marks a professional space as we observe Anna's move from governess to child psychoanalyst. Likewise, the consulting room's decor leads to a discussion of interiors at the threshold of fin de siecle and modern rapport to belongings. Ultimately, this thesis will argue that Anna's negotiation of gendered social expectations offered an opportunity to redefine not only psychoanalytic techniques and models, but the very environment in which it belonged.

title: Governess of France

title: In the Governess's Room
abstract: This article considers the all too common experience of precarious employment in higher education, but under a unique set of circumstances: a three year postdoctoral fellowship and residency in a stately home in the English countryside. The author explains how she harnesses the pedagogical possibilities of her precarity by operating a policy of radical honesty with her students, both inside and outside of the classroom. As a Victorianist, she petitioned to teach texts, including Jane Eyre, that allowed her to explore contingent academic labor with her students and compare the plight of the nineteenth century governess poorly paid, forced to lead an itinerant existence, and subject to dismissal when she outlived her utility to the conditions that many academics currently face. She invites her students to share their struggles, and for her part, she frankly shares the difficulties of being a precarious academic, in the hopes of creating a place of mutual understanding, support, and solidarity.

title: From Governess to Governance: Advancing Gender Equity in Corporate Leadership
abstract: Even as corporate influence on every aspect of life continues to grow, women (overall, and especially women of color) remain woefully underrepresented in corporate governance roles, particularly on boards of directors. This lack of gender diversity in the corporate boardroom is prevalent not only in more established companies but also persists often at even higher levels in new ventures as well. This Essay details the persistent lack of progress over more than a half century in diversifying leadership in corporate governance. This progress is especially concerning given that the benefits of diversity for sound decision making and overall corporate welfare have been established empirically, putting into question whether those boards that fall short on gender equity are meeting their fiduciary duties of good governance. The Essay confronts and debunks the common reasons given for slow progress and outlines specific steps that corporate boards and others seeking to improve gender equity in corporate governance can deploy to make faster and more consistent progress. This Essay is part of the George Washington Law Review's 2018 symposium, Women and Corporate Governance: A Conference Exploring the Role and Impact of Women in the Governance of Public Corporations.