Sublime

duplicitous

Marie Souvestre, the founder and headmistress, was the daughter of the French philosopher and novelist Émile Souvestre. A committed feminist, she believed passionately in educating women to think for themselves, to challenge accepted wisdom, and to assert themselves. These were subversive doctrines to patriarchal Victorians, yet Allenwood succeeded

Susan Cornelia Clarke Warren,

indignities

Augean

obdurate.

“when have you seen me at my best self?” Their responses may surprise you and, perhaps, delight you.

portentousness