1. All governesses have a tale of woe.

2. Synonyms for Ayahs include nursemaids, nannies, nurses, babysitters, nursers, governesses, sitters, childminders, childcarers and amahs

3. • I was, after all, a stranger, and well-bred ex-governesses did not discuss their Ailments in public

4. I was, after all, a stranger, and well-bred ex-governesses did not discuss their ailments in public.

5. Cast as flagellant Birching madams in pornographic fantasy, governesses were also construed as deriving erotic authority through the infliction of pain on others

6. Tracy Borman Acquaints us with a diverse cast, from governesses, ladies in waiting and courtiers, but the most well-known include her mother, Anne Boleyn, and her stepmother, Katherine Howard, both beheaded under orders from her father