Sunday schools were a common form of education that working class girls would take advantage of to get the basics of school. By 1851, Sunday schools had grown in popularity and had a …show more content…
Over the next thirty years the minimum age requirement went up to the age of twelve (Hunt, 1987), but this law was not enforced and it was common for many girl 's parents to find a way out of the system due to the needs at home or their parents views on education for women. Officials were more lenient with girls and their attendance at school, because they saw the "value" at keeping them at home taking care of younger siblings or household work (Hunt, 1987, Murdoch, L.