Isn't a governess and a teacher the same thing?

Thanks for the response.

Actually, governesses were basically a teacher and nanny in one. They not only taught the children academics, but arts and music and sometimes dance.They taught religion and morals, and helped raise them. It wasn't uncommon for a child to love their governess more than their own mother. Governesses spent vastly more time with the children than their own parents did, a thing that caused a lot of strife in those situations. Governessing was often terribly lonely, as one was above the servants but below the family. These (often young) women were between worlds. It didn't help that the children often loved the governess more than their own mother, yet another reason many of them were treated poorly by their employers.

Sorry, this is a old post, but I can't resist as governesses are a huge historical fascination (I'm an amateur Victorian-era scholar). I just had to help clarify^.^


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