[2] The word "National" was adopted as part of the name in 1890,[3] and in the same year, the organisation began publishing The Parents' Review, "a monthly magazine of home-training and culture", under the editorial leadership of Charlotte Mason.
[4] After its founding, Henrietta Franklin played a key role in the organisation's development.
In 1894 Franklin became the secretary of the PNEU and went on speaking tours to major cities in America, Europe and South Africa.
She devoted her own money to the cause and wrote on its behalf, and her efforts ensured that PNEU gained national and international attention.
Mason's Ambleside-based House of Education (renamed Charlotte Mason College in 1938), founded in 1892 to train governesses, eventually merged with St Martin's College and other institutions to form the University of Cumbria.