In this paper the author want to focus especially on the education of girls from Hungarian
aristocratic families by studying not only the relationship between the parents and
the children but also the aim, content, methods of education. The sources were primarily
the memoirs that have been more frequently published, that resulted in more detailed,
subtle conclusions complete with personal motivations as well. The research method
was narrative text analysis. The author concluded that there were practically only
some aristocratic girls who had enrolled a secondary school before WW1. After WW1
there were more and more girls taking part in school education, the reason being their
financial circumstances and the changed social and cultural situation. Some have already
enrolled in university or obtained a vocational qualification. However, working women
were very rare among them. The relationship between the parents and children was different
by families, but the strict distance increasingly loosened up. One of the most important
goal of education was the knowledge of modern languages. Besides practising religion
and arts physical education and sports were present in the lives of the girls in the
country. Girls could only move around in their own social groups, they put special
emphasis on developing social competences. A girl's goal was to find a spouse who
is worthy of her rank.
