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Finishing school
A finishing school is a school for young women that focuses on teaching social graces and upper class cultural rites as a preparation for entry into society. The name reflects that it follows on from ordinary school and is intended to complete the education, with classes primarily on deportment and etiquette, with academic subjects secondary. It may consist of an intensive course, or a one-year programme. In the United States it is sometimes called a charm school.
Graeme Donald claims that the educational ladies' salons of the late 1800s led to the formal finishing institutions evidenced in Switzerland around that time. At their peak, thousands of wealthy young women were sent to the dozens of finishing schools available. A primary goal was to teach students to acquire husbands.〔
The 1960s marked the decline of the finishing school.〔 This can be attributed to succession issues within the typically family-run schools and commercial pressures driven by the shifting conceptions of women's role in society and the high value of the properties the schools occupied.〔 The 1990s saw a revival of the finishing school, albeit the business model has been radically altered.〔
==In Switzerland==
Switzerland was known for its private finishing schools. Most resided in the French-speaking cantons near Lake Geneva.〔 The country was favoured because of its reputation as a healthful environment, its multilinguality and cosmopolitan aura and the region's political stability.〔
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