The Governess: A Portrait of Middle-Class Employment
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The Governess: A Portrait of Middle-Class Employment is a Victorian-era painting by Rebecca Solomon that highlights the social isolation and precarious status of a middle-class governess within a bourgeois household.
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| The Governess: A Portrait of Middle-Class Employment canonical | 1 |
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Target entity: The Governess: A Portrait of Middle-Class Employment Context triple: [Rebecca Solomon, notableWork, The Governess: A Portrait of Middle-Class Employment]
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Target entity: The Governess: A Portrait of Middle-Class Employment Target entity description: The Governess: A Portrait of Middle-Class Employment is a Victorian-era painting by Rebecca Solomon that highlights the social isolation and precarious status of a middle-class governess within a bourgeois household.
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A.
Woman in the Nineteenth Century
Woman in the Nineteenth Century is an 1845 book by Margaret Fuller that is considered a foundational feminist text advocating for women’s intellectual, social, and political equality.
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B.
Women and Work
"Women and Work" is a pioneering 19th-century feminist text by Barbara Bodichon that argues for women's economic independence and expanded employment opportunities.
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C.
A Woman’s Education
"A Woman’s Education" is a memoir by Jill Ker Conway that reflects on her experiences and challenges as an academic and the first female president of Smith College, exploring themes of gender, leadership, and personal growth.
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D.
Queen of the Bluestockings
Queen of the Bluestockings is the celebrated nickname of Elizabeth Montagu, an 18th-century British social reformer, literary critic, and leading hostess of the Bluestocking intellectual salons.
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E.
The Education of a Christian Woman
The Education of a Christian Woman is a 16th-century humanist treatise by Juan Luis Vives that outlines an influential program for the moral, intellectual, and religious education of women in Christian society.
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Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Victorian-era artwork
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painting ⓘ |
| artHistoricalContext | Victorian social realism ⓘ |
| artisticIntention |
critique of social inequality
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sympathetic representation of governesses ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Rebecca Solomon’s interest in women’s social conditions ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| creator | Rebecca Solomon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| creatorGender | female artist ⓘ |
| depictionType | figurative painting ⓘ |
| depicts |
bourgeois household
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governess ⓘ middle-class employment ⓘ precarious social status ⓘ social isolation ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
conditions of middle-class women who had to work
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female professional employment in the 19th century ⓘ |
| genre | genre painting ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
Victorian middle-class domestic ideology
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rise of paid female domestic educators ⓘ |
| interpretedAs |
exploration of liminal class identity
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feminist-leaning social critique ⓘ |
| mainSubject | middle-class governess ⓘ |
| medium | oil painting ⓘ |
| movement | Victorian art ⓘ |
| narrativeType | domestic narrative scene ⓘ |
| portrays |
ambiguous social position of governesses
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emotional distance between governess and employing family ⓘ tension between respectability and dependence ⓘ |
| relatedOccupationDepicted | governess as live-in employee GENERATED ⓘ |
| setInEnvironment | middle-class domestic interior ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | 19th-century Britain ⓘ |
| socialCommentaryOn |
dependence of unmarried middle-class women
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employment options for educated women ⓘ power imbalance between employers and governesses ⓘ |
| subjectMatterCategory |
domestic service and education
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women in the workplace ⓘ |
| theme |
class distinctions
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domestic labor ⓘ gender roles ⓘ marginalization within the middle class ⓘ social hierarchy ⓘ women’s work ⓘ |
| visualContrastBetween | governess and bourgeois family members ⓘ |
| visualMotif |
differences in dress indicating status
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separation within the same room ⓘ |
| workTitleLanguage | English ⓘ |
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