THE INFLUENCE OF ARISTOCRATIC WOMEN ON EARLY EDUCATION TOWARDS THE ERA OF “NEW WOMEN”
THE INFLUENCE OF ARISTOCRATIC WOMEN ON EARLY EDUCATION TOWARDS THE ERA OF “NEW WOMEN”

Summary/Abstract: During the centuries, the education process was influenced not only by remarkable men but also by educated aristocratic women who supported it entirely by sponsoring or founding colleges, who later became famous and important universities in England, such as Pembroke College (founded in 1347 by Marie de St Pol, Countess of Pembroke). But soon after some strong and wealthy women managed to be involved in the growth of universities, this field remained an extremely male-orientated society and women’s duty was only to focus on their role in the home. The hereby article presents the way in which women regained their right to education. The prefix ‘new’ was imposed on the feminist cause in the late 1800s and everything started to change.

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