A 'Transcript of Their Mind'?: Ragged School Literacy in the Mid-Nineteenth Century.

This article explores the education ragged schools imparted in the mid-nineteenth century. It argues that the ragged school movement filled an important need within communities, teaching reading and writing to those children excluded from existing institutions by their poverty. Until now, scholarshi...

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Published in:	Journal of Victorian Culture Vol. 24; no. 1; pp. 18 - 33
Main Author:	Mair, Laura M
Format:	Article
Published:	Oxford University Press / USA Jan2019
Subjects:	Ragged schools British education system Literacy Victorian Period, Great Britain, 1837-1901 Poor children Children's letters Letter writing Emigration & immigration Nineteenth century History of education
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