The ''Schoolgirls' Own'' was a British weekly

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aimed at girls. Published by , it was launched in February 1921 and ran for 798 issues until May 1936, when it was merged with a sister publication. The main feature centred on the Morcove School, a "high class" girls' boarding school for the daughters of the aristocratic and the rich, although the school did also accept some pupils from working-class backgrounds.

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and

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were also featured regularly, as it was at that time "considered vital that young girls knew how to cook and sew." All the Morcove stories were by Horace Phillips, using the

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of "Marjorie Stanton." The Friardale Website described ''Schoolgirls' Own'' thusly: In 1936 ''Schoolgirls' Own'' was merged into its sister story paper ''

The Schoolgirl ''The Schoolgirl'' was a British weekly story paper aimed at girls. Published by Amalgamated Press (AP), ''The Schoolgirl'' ran in two series, the first from 1922 to 1923, and the second (essentially continuing a sister publication) from 1929 to 1 ...

'' and the Morcove stories moved to ''The Schoolgirl'' as the backup feature for two years before being quietly dropped."The Schoolgirl,"
Friardale Website. Retrieved March 10, 2021. The last Morcove story appeared in the 1938 ''Schoolgirl's Own''

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; ''Schoolgirls' Own Library'' reprints of Morcove stories carried on until 1940 when it was canceled as well.

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