convent school

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After becoming orphaned as a teen, she went to a convent school to be educated, but she eventually returned to her family’s estate and married her neighbor Manuel Padilla, an influential politician with progressive views.

From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022

Her father died when Carmen was young, and she was sent to a convent school, where the rules, censorship and silence, as she put it, nearly flattened her.

From New York Times • Oct. 29, 2022

Her convent school objected, saying the hijab clashed with the uniform, which was a long tunic and trousers.

From BBC • Feb. 22, 2022

Her father’s job led the family to move to Cyprus, Hong Kong and eventually Japan, where Ms. Pagett attended a Yokohama convent school and began acting at age 8, playing Snow White.

From Washington Post • Mar. 5, 2021

He said Patria could go away to a convent school if it wasn’t one just for becoming a nun.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez