What a Young Woman Ought to Know, by Mrs. Mary Wood-Allen, M.D

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Author

Wood-Allen, Mary, 1841-1908

Title

What a Young Woman Ought to Know

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Produced by Barbara Tozier, Bill Tozier, Jeannie Howse and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net

Language

English

LoC Class

HQ: Social sciences: The family, Marriage, Sex and Gender

Subject

Sexual ethics

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Text

eBook-No.

28458

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/28458

Release Date

March 30, 2009

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2.Commendations from Eminent Men & Women — What A Young Woman Ought to Know — COMMENDED BY REV. F.B. MEYER The Eminent English Preacher and Author — Minister of Christ Church, Westminster, London, Author of "Israel, A Prince with God," "Elijah; Tried by Fire," "The Bells of Is," etc., etc. — COMMENDED BY CHARLES M. SHELDON The Eminent American Preacher and Author — Pastor of Central Congregational Church, Topeka, Kansas; author of "In His Steps," "The Crucifixion of Philip Strong," "Lend a Hand," "Born to Serve." — COMMENDED BY MRS. M.W. SEWALL The Eminent American Educator — Principal of the Girls' Classical School; former President of the International Council of Women; and Nominee of the International Congress of Women. — COMMENDED BY MRS. M.L. DICKINSON The Eminent American Christian Worker — Former President of the National Council of Women; General Secretary of the Order of The King's Daughters; Emeritus Professor of Literature Denver University; Editor of "The Silver Cross;" Author of "The Temptation of Katharine Gray," "One Little Life," etc., etc. — COMMENDED BY MRS. M.B. CARSE The Eminent American Christian Worker — Founder of the Woman's Temple, Chicago. — COMMENDED BY MRS. E.C. STANTON The Eminent American Lecturer and Author — Noted Woman Suffragist, Lecturer and Author. — COMMENDED BY MR. C.N. CRITTENTON The Eminent American Philanthropist — Founder of the National Florence Crittenton Mission — COMMENDED BY MRS. H. CAMPBELL The Eminent American Author and Educator — Dean of the Department of Household Economics in the Kansas State Agricultural College. Author of "Prisoners of Poverty," "Wage Earners," etc., etc. — COMMENDED BY L.M.N. STEVENS The Eminent Temperance Worker — President of National Woman's Christian Temperance Union. — COMMENDED BY EMINENT AMERICAN AUTHORS AND EDITORS — MARGARET WARNER MORLEY — Author of "The Song of Life," "Life and Love," "The Bee People," etc. — ELISABETH ROBINSON SCOVIL — Superintendent of the Newport Hospital, and Associate Editor of the Ladies' Home Journal; Author of "The Care of Children," etc. — Pure Books on Avoided Subjects — Books for Men — By Sylvanus Stall, D.D. — "What a Young Boy Ought to Know." "What a Young Man Ought to Know." "What a Young Husband Ought to Know." "What a Man of 45 Ought to Know." — Books for Women — By Mrs. Mary Wood-Allen, M.D. And Mrs. Emma F.A. Drake, M.D. — "What a Young Girl Ought to Know." "What a Young Woman Ought to Know." "What a Young Wife Ought to Know." "What a Woman of 45 Ought to Know." — NEW REVISED EDITION — Self and Sex Series — WHAT A YOUNG WOMAN OUGHT TO KNOW — BY
3. 3.MRS. MARY WOOD-ALLEN, M.D. — Copyright, 1913, by SYLVANUS STALL Entered at Stationers' Hall, London, England. — All rights reserved — [PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES] — Copyright, 1889, by Sylvanus Stall Copyright, 1905, by Sylvanus Stall — TO THE DAUGHTER DEAR, WHOSE INTIMATE AND CONFIDENTIAL COMPANIONSHIP FROM CHILDHOOD TO WOMANHOOD HAS MADE IT POSSIBLE FOR ME TO FEEL A SYMPATHETIC INTEREST IN THE LIFE-PROBLEMS OF ALL GIRLS, THIS BOOK IS MOST LOVINGLY DEDICATED BY HER MOTHER — CONTENTS. — PREFACE.
4. 4.PART I. — THE VALUE OF HEALTH, AND RESPONSIBILITY IN MAINTAINING IT.
5. 5.WHAT A YOUNG WOMAN OUGHT TO KNOW. — CHAPTER I. ToC — WHAT ARE YOU WORTH? — CHAPTER II. ToC — CARE OF BODY. — FOOTNOTES: — CHAPTER III. ToC — FOOD. — CHAPTER IV. ToC — SLEEP. — CHAPTER V. ToC — BREATHING. — CHAPTER VI. ToC — HINDRANCES TO BREATHING. — CHAPTER VII. ToC — ADDED INJURIES FROM TIGHT CLOTHING. — CHAPTER VIII. ToC — EXERCISE. — CHAPTER IX. ToC — BATHING.
6. 6.PART II. — NEED OF SPECIAL KNOWLEDGE; SOME FORMS OF AVOIDABLE DISEASE, THEIR REMEDY AND PREVENTION. — CHAPTER X. ToC — CREATIVE POWER. — CHAPTER XI. ToC — BUILDING BRAINS. — CHAPTER XII. ToC — YOU ARE MORE THAN BODY OR MIND. — CHAPTER XIII. ToC — SPECIAL PHYSIOLOGY. — CHAPTER XIV. ToC — BECOMING A WOMAN. — CHAPTER XV. ToC — ARTIFICIALITIES OF CIVILIZED LIFE. — CHAPTER XVI. ToC — SOME CAUSES OF PAINFUL MENSTRUATION. — CHAPTER XVII. ToC — "FEMALE DISEASES." — CHAPTER XVIII. ToC — CARE DURING MENSTRUATION. — CHAPTER XIX. ToC — SOLITARY VICE. — CHAPTER XX. ToC — BE GOOD TO YOURSELF. — CHAPTER XXI. ToC — FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN BOYS AND GIRLS. — CHAPTER XXII. ToC — FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN GIRLS. — CHAPTER XXIII. ToC — EXERCISES. — CHAPTER XXIV. ToC — RECREATIONS.
7. 7.PART III. — LOVE; HEREDITY; ENGAGEMENTS. — CHAPTER XXV. ToC — LOVE. — CHAPTER XXVI. ToC — RESPONSIBILITY IN MARRIAGE. — CHAPTER XXVII. ToC — THE LAW OF HEREDITY. — CHAPTER XXVIII. ToC — HEREDITARY EFFECTS OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, ETC. — CHAPTER XXIX. ToC — EFFECTS OF IMMORALITY ON THE RACE. — FOOTNOTES: — CHAPTER XXX. ToC — THE GOSPEL OF HEREDITY. — BIBLE TEXTS BEARING ON THE SUBJECT OF HEREDITY. — CHAPTER XXXI. ToC — REQUISITES OF A HUSBAND. — CHAPTER XXXII. ToC — ENGAGEMENTS. — CHAPTER XXXIII. ToC — THE WEDDING. — THE END. — Offices of Publication
8. 8."What a Young Girl Ought to Know." — BY MRS. MARY WOOD-ALLEN, M.D. — Condensed Table of Contents
9. 9."What a Young Girl Ought to Know" — WHAT EMINENT PEOPLE SAY — Francis E. Willard, LL.D. — Mrs. Elizabeth B. Grannis — Mrs. Harriet Lincoln Coolidge — Mrs. Katharine L. Stevenson — Mrs. Isabelle MacDonald Alden, "Pansy" — Miss Grace H. Dodge — Ira D. Sankey
10. 10."What a Young Wife Ought to Know." — BY MRS. EMMA F.A. DRAKE, M.D. — Condensed Table of Contents
11. 11."What a Young Wife Ought to Know" — WHAT EMINENT PEOPLE SAY — Mrs. Margaret E. Sangster — Charles H. Parkhurst, D.D. — Marietta Holly (Josiah Allen's Wife) — W.G. Sperry, M.D. — Mrs. Joseph Cook — Julia Holmes Smith, M.D. — J.P. Sutherland, M.D.
12. 12."What a Woman of Forty-five Ought to Know." — BY MRS. EMMA F.A. DRAKE, M.D. — Condensed Table of Contents
13. 13."What a Woman of Forty-five Ought to Know" — PRAISED BY THE PRESS — A New Book by Charles Frederic Goss — More Important than the Simple or the Strenuous Life is the Home Life
14. 14."HUSBAND, WIFE AND HOME" — By CHARLES FREDERIC GOSS — A NEW DEVOTIONAL BOOK
15. 15."Faces Toward the Light" — By Sylvanus Stall, D.D. — SOME CHAPTERS IN THE BOOK — Just Published. New Revised Edition.
16. 16.FIVE-MINUTE OBJECT SERMONS TO CHILDREN — Through Eye-Gate and Ear-Gate Into the City of Child-Soul — By SYLVANUS STALL, D.D.
17. 17.Talks to the King's Children — Second Series of "Five-Minute Object Sermons" — By SYLVANUS STALL, D.D. — Invaluable in THE HOME, THE SUNDAY SCHOOL, THE PASTOR'S LIBRARY, THE MISSION FIELD — A CHILDREN'S PREACHER — THE CHILDREN GOOD JUDGES — JUST PUBLISHED — Two Important Booklets
18. 18.The Social Duty of Our Daughters — BY MRS. ADOLPHE HOFFMANN
19. 19.Before Marriage — BY MRS. ADOLPHE HOFFMANN — Unique Original Uplifting — God's Minute — THE VIR PUBLISHING COMPANY — PHILADELPHIA, PA., U.S.A.: 200 N. Fifteenth St. LONDON: 7, Imperial Arcade, Ludgate Circus, E.C. CANADA: Ryerson Press, Queen and John Streets
20. 20." Touchstones of Success " — WRITTEN BY — 160 Present Day Men of Achievement Especially for This Book — Opinions of Great Business Men — The Publishers : The VIR PUBLISHING COMPANY 200-214: North 15th Street , PHILADELPHIA, PA.
21. 21.Marvels of Our Bodily Dwelling — By MRS. MARY WOOD-ALLEN, M.D. — Introduction by SYLVANUS STALL. D.D. — A Marvelous Book Upon a Marvelous Subject — THE VIR PUBLISHING COMPANY PHILADELPHIA. PA., U.S.A.: 200 N. 15th Street LONDON: 7, Imperial Arcade, Ludgate Circus, E.C. TORONTO: Ryerson Press, 29 Richmond Street. W.
22. 22.Bible Selections for Daily Devotion — SYLVANUS STALL, D.D. — THE VIR PUBLISHING COMPANY PHILADELPHIA, PA., U.S.A.: 200 N. 15th Street LONDON: 7, Imperial Arcade, Ludgate Circus, E.C. TORONTO: Ryerson Press, Queen and John Streets

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