Chapter I: Front Matter

RADIANT MOTHERHOOD

_BOOKS BY THE SAME AUTHOR_

SCIENTIFIC.

The Cretaceous Flora, Part I. Illustrated. Published by the
Trustees of the British Museum. 12s. net.

The Cretaceous Flora, Part II. Illustrated. Published by the
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Ancient Plants. Illustrated. Published by Blackie. 4s. 6d. net.

The Study of Plant Life. 2nd Edition. Illustrated. Published by
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Married Love. 8th Edition. Published by Putnam. 6s. net.

Wise Parenthood. 6th Edition. Published by Putnam. 3s. 6d. net.

A Letter to Working Mothers. Published by the Author. 6d. net.

TRAVEL.

A Journal from Japan. Published by Blackie. 7s. 6d. net.

LITERARY.

Man, Other Poems and a Preface. Published by Heinemann. 3s. 6d. net.

Conquest, a Three-Act Play. Published by French. 1s. net.

Gold in the Wood and The Race. Two Plays. Published by Fifield. 2s.
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With Prof J. Sakurai, Plays of old Japan, The Nō. Published by
Heinemann. 5s. net.

The author’s vivid and imaginative sympathy has really enabled her,
in some degree, to communicate the incommunicable.

ATHENÆUM.

Radiant Motherhood

A Book for Those Who
are Creating the Future

By

Marie Carmichael Stopes

Doctor of Science, London; Doctor of Philosophy,
Munich; Fellow of University College, London;
Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature
and the Linnean Society, London

LONDON
G. P. PUTNAM’S SONS, LTD.

TORONTO
THE MUSSON BOOK COMPANY, LIMITED

_First published August 9, 1920_

_Copyright; translations and all other rights
reserved by the Author. Copyright in U.S.A._

_Dedicated to young husbands and all who are creating the future_

CONTENTS

PAGE
PREFACE ix
CHAPTER
I. THE LOVER’S DREAM 1
II. CONCEIVED IN BEAUTY 9
III. THE GATEWAY OF PAIN 18
IV. THE YOUNG MOTHER-TO-BE:
HER AMAZEMENTS 32
V. HER DELIGHTS 39
VI. HER DISTRESSES 44
VII. THE YOUNG FATHER-TO-BE:
HIS AMAZEMENTS 52
VIII. HIS DELIGHTS 58
IX. HIS DISTRESSES 62
X. PHYSICAL DIFFICULTIES OF THE EXPECTANT MOTHER 71
XI. PHYSICAL DIFFICULTIES OF THE EXPECTANT FATHER 93
XII. THE UNION OF THREE 99
XIII. THE PROCESSION OF THE MONTHS 113
XIV. PRENATAL INFLUENCE 130
XV. EVOLVING TYPES OF WOMEN 146
XVI. BIRTH AND BEAUTY 161
XVII. BABY’S RIGHTS 171
XVIII. THE WEAKEST LINK IN THE HUMAN CHAIN 183
XIX. THE COST OF COFFINS 201
XX. THE CREATION OF A NEW AND IRRADIATED RACE 208

APPENDICES

A. PHYSICAL SIGNS OF COMING MOTHERHOOD 229
B. ON BIRTH 231
C. SUGGESTIONS FOR CALCULATING THE DATE OF ANTICIPATED BIRTH 233