Hello folk, What subjects did a Victorian governess teach? Why did she rarely get married? Why did she eat by herself? Does anyone know anything about Miss Mary Emma PIPER who was Governess at Wirksworth Hall with the WOOD family 1862-1875? She never married though living for 95 years. She had brother George 1819 and sisters Fanny 1826 and Hannah 1829. Some answers to these questions on www.wirksworth.org.uk/X643.htm Regards, John Palmer, Dorset, England Author of Wirksworth website www.wirksworth.org.uk