Able-bodied Womanhood: Personal Health and Social Change in Nineteenth-century Boston
- ISBN-10
- 0195051246
- ISBN-13
- 9780195051247
- Category
- Physical education for women
- Pages
- 297
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1988
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press on Demand
- Author
- Martha H. Verbrugge
Description
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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- 1988-01-21
- 314 pages
- Ebook
- Oxford University Press