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I've done some more digging
and discovered that Esther seems to have been someone
who embraced new ideas. The archives of the Jewish Chronicle
reveal that she dedicated herself to the education
of her three daughters. At a time when just a few
universities were opening up to women, all three went on to study
at famous institutions. And in 1886, Esther
and one of her daughters were even introduced to Queen
Victoria at the grand opening of Royal Holloway College for Women
and discovered that Esther seems to have been someone
who embraced new ideas. The archives of the Jewish Chronicle
reveal that she dedicated herself to the education
of her three daughters. At a time when just a few
universities were opening up to women, all three went on to study
at famous institutions. And in 1886, Esther
and one of her daughters were even introduced to Queen
Victoria at the grand opening of Royal Holloway College for Women
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I've done some more digging
and discovered that Esther
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seems to have been someone
who embraced new ideas.
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The archives of the Jewish Chronicle
reveal that she dedicated herself
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to the education
of her three daughters.
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At a time when just a few
universities
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were opening up to women,
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all three went on to study
at famous institutions.
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And in 1886, Esther
and one of her daughters
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were even introduced to Queen
Victoria at the grand opening
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of Royal Holloway College for Women.
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Movie Summary
Historian David Olusoga charts 180 years of British history as lived by the successive inhabitants of a single home in a British city - from its construction to the present day.
