Children Flashcards
1
Q
Pauper children’s situation (under less eligibility) could not be made better than that of poor children outside workhouse
A
in reality - it was better, received basic education in workhouse, better medical attention and were apprenticed to a trade at nine years old
2
Q
BUT
A
education often rudimentary in extreme and could be apprenticed to any passing tradespeople, couldn’t leave workhouse at free will - would be returned if caught while running away
3
Q
Education Act
A
1870 - placed education of pauper children within elementary school system - helping their integration into society
