My pleasure, Mary. I'm glad you thought so! :) Linda
On Tue, Dec 13, 2016 at 8:12 AM, Mary Bordi <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes, that is very interesting! Thank you for sharing. > > Mary > > On Mon, Dec 12, 2016 at 9:39 PM linda <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I found the reference I had in mind. >> >> This information is specific to Sao Miguel island for 1863 or 1864. I >> don't know how much it can be generalized either to the other islands or to >> later in the century, but it does provide a little window on the state of >> education in one place at one point in time. >> >> Source: Supico, Francisco Maria 1864 Almanach do Archipelago dos Acores: >> Estatistico, Historico, Recreativo e Noticioso. Typographia da Persuasao, >> Ponta Delgada, pages 52-56. >> >> Number of Primary Schools for Boys: >> 20 public schools attended by 1234 students >> 8 municipal schools attended by 428 students >> 14 private schools attended by 538 students >> total = 2,200 students >> >> Number of Primary Schools for Girls: >> 5 public schools attended by 334 students >> 4 municipal schools attended by 308 students >> 63 private schools attended by 1,460 students >> total = 2,102 students >> >> [I believe the difference between public and municipal schools was that >> the first were funded by the Portuguese government and the second, by the >> Camara Municipal.] >> >> Supico notes that included in the attendance numbers of the girls' >> private schools, there are 84 boy students, so the actual total number of >> boys attending primary school is raised to 2,284 and the total number of >> girls is reduced to 2,018. >> >> Relative to the total population of both sexes on the island, the >> proportions of school attendance were therefore established to be: >> >> males, 4.532 per 100 individuals [4.532% of the boys on the island of San >> Miguel attended primary school in 1863 or 1864] >> females, 3.600 per 100 individuals [3.6% of the girls on the island] >> >> Supico makes the explicit point that "Nenhum districto do continente e >> ilhas apresenta um resultado tao satisfactorio sobre a instruccao do sexo >> feminino." (page 52) "No district of the Continent or the Islands >> demonstrates such a satisfactory result dealing with the instruction of the >> feminine sex." In comparison, he notes that Lisbon came closest with >> 2.236% of the girls there attending school, and if all the districts of the >> continent were taken together, only 0.861% of the girls on the mainland >> attended school. >> >> Supico further notes that after the stats were collected, new co-ed >> public free schools were opened by the Municipa Camara of Ponta Delgada, >> but their attendence figures weren't available to be included in his >> totals. The implication being that education rates were somewhat higher >> than he could statistically demonstrate. >> >> Secondary education: There were about 200 students enrolled in private >> secondary education. There was also free secondary education for both male >> and female students available at 4 legally credentialed institutions. >> These "collegios" offered instruction in Portuguese, French, English, >> Latin, "latinidade" [Classics??], drawing, music and dance, and they had >> 130 regularly attending students. Moreover, there were also almost as many >> students who received instruction from uncredentialed teachers who, >> according to Supico, "weren't much inferior to those of the authorized >> institutions" ["mestres sem habilitacao legal, nao sera muito inferio as >> dos collegios authorisados"]. Additionally, Supico noted that some of the >> teachers give lessons in the students homes, and these students were not >> included in his stats. >> >> >> I hope all this info is of interest to some of you-- I know I find it >> fascinating :). I think discussing the culture and history of the islands >> can provide some valuable insights into our shared heritage and >> genealogies. I know in my case, I'm continually trying to understand my >> family in the context of their original culture and how as immigrants they >> adapted (and often didn't) to the culture of their adopted home in >> California. I read the anecdotes shared here with interest because of how >> they compare and contrast with the stories handed down in my own family. >> And they help me to remember that my broad assumptions about "life in the >> old country/old days" aren't always accurate. The education rates in the >> Azores in the 19th century were woefully low compared to what we have come >> to expect, but who would have guessed that in Sao Miguel in 1863 a girl had >> nearly as good a chance of getting a bit of schooling as a boy? Not me! >> Nor would I have ever thought that an Azorean island had a better record of >> sending girls to school than anywhere on the continent! Or >> that--apparently--girls' schooling was important enough to some >> [wealthier?] families to support about three times as many girls' private >> schools as there were boys' public schools and this was how most of the >> girls were educated... just fascinating... >> >> Anyway, as they say, "thank a school teacher if you can read this"--and >> thanks to Cheri for the work you do to keep the Azores Group ticking over. >> >> :D >> >> >> Linda >> >> >> >> On Sunday, December 11, 2016 at 2:09:46 PM UTC-8, Samantha B wrote: >> >> Culturally how common was it for women to be literate/educated at the >> turn of last century. I'm intrigued as it was the bride who signed the >> marriage record and not the groom. >> >> TIA >> Samantha >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Azores Genealogy" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/azores. >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit https://groups.google.com/d/ > topic/azores/Tz0MsJ1dmN8/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/azores. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. 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