Abstract
In the early 1860s, the Ruhr Valley town of Dortmund had no schools for girls beyond the elementary level with the exception of a few private establishments that trained domestic servants. This dearth of educational opportunities is hardly surprising in a town of just 25,000 people at a time when even many larger German cities were bereft of secondary schools for girls. By 1914, however, when Dortmund's population had grown tenfold to well over 250,000, girls or their parents could choose among numerous types of institutions beyond the basic elementary school—several secondary schools, middle schools, and a variety of vocational and commercial institutions, most of them under municipal control.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Reference83 articles.
1. 1. LArM/BASch, Nr. 3217, 18 June 1874
2. 2. also Stadtarchiv Dortmund Bestand 3 [hereafter StArDo-3], Nr.1612, 28 July 1874
3. 3. PArDo, Nr. A13, 4 July 1874. All translations are my own.