Able-bodied womanhood personal health and social change in nineteenth-century Boston
Against the backdrop of national debate about female duties and well-being, this book follows middle-class women as they learned about physiology and hygiene through popular health literature, voluntary clubs, and schools in Boston. The pursuit of health also enabled the women to explore the nature of womanhood, and discover the meanings
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9781280449727, 9786610449729, 9781429400985, 9780198021803, 9781601296740, 1280449721, 6610449724, 1429400986, 0198021801, 1601296746
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Introduction; 1. The Etiology of Dis-ease: Life and Death in Middle-Class Boston, 1830-1860; 2. Moral Physiology and the Habits of a Healthy Life; 3. ""Know Thyself"": The Ladies' Physiological Institute of Boston and Vicinity, 1848-1880; 4. In Private and In Public: The Ladies' Physiological Institute, 1880-1898; 5. Fitness of Body and Mind: Personal Health in Late Nineteenth-Century Boston; 6. ""Stronger in Body as well as in Mind"": Physical Education at Wellesley College, 1875-1900 7. ""Veritable Crusaders"": The Early Graduates of the Boston Normal School of Gymnastics, 1889-1900Conclusion; Notes; Appendix; Selected Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z
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