Taking into account the undeniable prominence of the United Kingdom in the 19th century, mainly in the imperialistic context, this period is often called the Victorian Age, taking the name from England´s Queen Victoria who reigned for 63 years.

• Let´s see some examples of women´s education models defended in this society.

A woman must have a thorough knowledge of music, singing, drawing, dancing, and the modern languages….; and besides all this, she must possess a certain something in her air and manner of walking, the tone of her voice, her address and expressions…

Jane Austen

                      From Jane Austin,”Pride and Prejudice”1813, quoted by Kathryn Hughes in The Brithis Library website

'The man's power is active, progressive, defensive. He is eminently the doer, the creator, the discoverer, the defender. His intellect is for speculation, and invention; his energy for adventure, for war, and for conquest... But the woman's power is for rule, not for battle - and her intellect is not for invention or creation, but for sweet ordering, arrangement, and decision... She must be enduringly, incorruptibly good; instinctively, infallibly wise -wise, not for self-development, but for self-renunciation (...).'

John Ruskin

       From John Ruskin,"Sesame and Lilies", 1865, quoted in an article by Jan Marsh in the Victoria and Albert Museum website

• But we can find similar statements in the Spain of that period:

In general terms a woman doesn´t need a great instruction (…) the excess of instruction transforms a woman into a spirit of male wisdom, pedant and ridiculous, wanting to dominate the stronger gender (…) A woman does have an instruction, but without becoming wise.

Martínez Ginesta

 From Martínez Ginesta “La educación de la mujer”,1875, quoted by Estrella de Diego, “La mujer y la pintura Española en el siglo XIX”,Ed. Cátedra 2009.