Chapter XXVII: Part IV

The value of good health—The care of the body—The body a temple
to be kept holy—Girls should receive their instruction from
their mothers—The body the garment which the soul wears—Effects
of thoughts upon life and character—Value of good companions,
good books and good influences—What it is to become a woman.

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“What a Young Girl Ought to Know.”

WHAT EMINENT PEOPLE SAY

Francis E. Willard, LL.D.

“I do earnestly hope that this book, founded on a strictly
scientific but not forgetting a strong ethical basis, may be
well known and widely read by the dear girls in their teens and
the young women in their homes.”

Mrs. Elizabeth B. Grannis

“These facts ought to be judiciously brought to the
intelligence of every child whenever it asks questions
concerning its own origin.”

Mrs. Harriet Lincoln Coolidge

“It is a book that mothers and daughters ought to own.”

Mrs. Katharine L. Stevenson

“The book is strong, direct, pure, as healthy as a breeze from
the mountain-top.”

Mrs. Isabelle MacDonald Alden, “Pansy”

“It is just the book needed to teach what most people do not
know how to teach, being scientific, simple and plain-spoken,
yet delicate.”

Miss Grace H. Dodge

“I know of no one who writes or speaks on these great subjects
with more womanly touch than Mrs. Wood-Allen, nor with deeper
reverence. When I listen to her I feel that she has been
inspired by a Higher Power.”

Ira D. Sankey

“Every mother in the land that has a daughter should secure for
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“What a Young Woman Ought to Know.”

BY MRS. MARY WOOD-ALLEN, M.D.

Condensed Table of Contents

PART I

CHILDHOOD AND GROWTH

Woman’s worth—Importance of care of the body—How to obtain
health—Waste and repair—Questions of food—Importance of rest in
sleep—The office and importance of correct breathing—Injuries
from tight clothing—Physical culture—Exercise and
recreation—The value of the bath.

PART II

WOMANHOOD

The endowment of new powers—The conferring of life—Brain
building and character formation—Soul and self—Special
physiology—Woman’s special bodily endowments—The crisis
in the girl’s life—Ovulation and menstruation—Their
significance—Causes and cures of disturbed physical
conditions—Painful periods and displacements—Special care of
health at special times—Many healthful suggestions suited
to the physical needs of young women—Secret vice and its
consequences—The relation of pure young women to young
men—Friendships.