When Greek and Roman girls got married they would dedicate their doll to a Goddess.
Matilde Sereni, a Roman girl from a wealthy family, the victim of a nervous illness.
Incidentally, I attended a Roman Catholic girls' school that prided itself on the academic quality of graduates.
Roman girls also wore white until they were married to say they were pure and virginal.
"Roman girls are terribly sheltered, Senator," she complained.
Like many Roman girls, she was first married off in her early teens.
A Roman girl came of age at around 12 to 14, and entertainers seem to have begun their career at this time.
Some and perhaps many Roman girls went to a public primary school.
Roman girls were expected to remain virgins until marriage, but boys were often introduced to heterosexual behaviors by a prostitute.