Editing Governess (section)

==Notable governesses==
[[File:Marian Hubbard Daisy Bell and Elsie May Bell with governess.jpg|thumb|upright|The daughters of [[Alexander Graham Bell]] with their governess, c. 1885.]]

*[[Katherine Swynford]] ({{circa|1350}} – 1403), governess to the children of [[John of Gaunt]], became his mistress and the mother of his Beaufort children; after some time, the couple married, and eventually the children were legitimised. She was a great-great grandmother of [[Henry VII of England]] through his mother [[Lady Margaret Beaufort]].
*[[Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury]] (1473–1541), governess to the future Queen [[Mary I of England]]. They were also third cousins.
*[[Kat Ashley]] (circa 1502 – 1565), governess to Queen [[Elizabeth I of England]].
*[[Madame de Maintenon]] (1635–1719), who became the last mistress of [[Louis XIV of France]], gained entry to his [[Social network|inner circle]] as governess to his illegitimate offspring, the children of [[Madame de Montespan]].
*[[Jane Gardiner]] (1758–1840), from her mid-teens governess to the daughters of [[Sir Mordaunt Martin, 4th Baronet|Lady Martin]], and from 1780 to the children of [[Henry Fox-Strangways, 2nd Earl of Ilchester|Lord Ilchester]]. She was succeeded in this second post by [[Agnes Porter]], whose memoirs were reprinted in 1998 as ''A Governess in the Age of [[Jane Austen]]''.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Porter|first1=Anne |title=A Governess in the Age of Jane Austen: The Journals and Letters of Agnes Porter |date=1998 |publisher=A&C Black}}</ref>
*[[Mary Wollstonecraft]] (1759–1797), author of the early feminist classic ''[[A Vindication of the Rights of Woman]]'', worked as a governess in the household of the Anglo-Irish Kingsborough family, where she greatly influenced [[Margaret King]].
*[[Maria Flaxman]] (1768–1833), artist, governess to the children of [[Georgiana Hare-Naylor]] and [[Francis Hare-Naylor]] while the family lived on the Continent
*Baroness [[Louise Lehzen]] (1784–1870) and [[Charlotte Percy, Duchess of Northumberland]] (1787–1866), governesses to the future [[Queen Victoria]].
*[[Anna Brownell Jameson]] (1794–1860), who became a well-known British writer on a range of subjects including early [[feminism]]
*[[Anna Leonowens]] (1831–1915), governess to the harem of [[Mongkut]] (King of what is now Thailand). Her memoirs were later novelised as ''[[Anna and the King of Siam (book)|Anna and the King of Siam]]'', which in turn inspired the musical drama ''[[The King and I]]''.
*[[Edith Cavell]] (1865–1915) worked first as a governess before she trained as a nurse
*[[Anne Sullivan]] (1866–1936), the so-called ''[[The Miracle Worker|Miracle Worker]]'', who educated the remarkable [[deaf and blind]] girl [[Helen Keller]].
*[[Maria Sklodowska - Curie]] (1867–1934), who worked as a governess in multiple households to fund her education, later became one of the most influential women in the history of science.<ref name="psb112">{{cite book |title=Polski słownik biograficzny, vol. 4|pages=112|first=Tadeusz|last=Estreicher|author-link=Tadeusz Estreicher|language=pl|chapter=Curie, Maria ze Skłodowskich|year=1938|title-link=Polski słownik biograficzny}}</ref>
*[[Maria von Trapp]] (1905–1987), the real-life inspiration for ''[[The Sound of Music]]''.
*[[Marion Crawford]] ("Crawfie") (1909–1988), governess of [[Queen Elizabeth II]] and [[Princess Margaret]].