Jane Pirie
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Jane Pirie
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Jane Pirie was a Scottish woman who opened an exclusive girls' school in Edinburgh in 1809 and who became involved in a court case as a result of being accused of displays of "inordinate affection" with the co-founder of the school, Marianne Woods (1781–1870). Her accuser was Jane Cumming, a pupil of mixed race, and a granddaughter of Lady Helen Cumming Gordon, who alleged that the two women "engaged in irregular sexual practices" and "lewd and indecent behavior." Jane Cumming was the first pupi
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School founder (b. 1779, d. 1833)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Pirie
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2024-03-20T01:16:44Z
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