Ellen Weeton

Ellen Weeton (1777-1850) was a Lancashire school mistress and governess who was the author of Journal of a Governess, two volumes describing her life as a governess in the years 1807-1825. She was born in Up Holland in Wigan around 1777. She was very educated for a woman of the time, and was employed throughout her life as a school mistress and governess, one of the few respectable occupations available to a woman during this period.

Ellen Weeton

Ellen Weeton (1777-1850) was a Lancashire school mistress and governess who was the author of Journal of a Governess, two volumes describing her life as a governess in the years 1807-1825. She was born in Up Holland in Wigan around 1777. She was very educated for a woman of the time, and was employed throughout her life as a school mistress and governess, one of the few respectable occupations available to a woman during this period.