What a Young Woman Ought to Know

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...

There now sparkles on your finger a ring that symbolizes the promise you have given to become a wife. You are engaged, and there now arises in your mind the query as to the cond...

Civilized life in its progress is accompanied by certain customs and habits which are detrimental to the individual health, and therefore to national health. The dress of women...

One frequent cause is found in the ignorance of girls, and their consequent injudicious conduct at the time of the beginning of sexual activity. At this time of life the girl is...

In our study we have first learned of general and then of special physiology, so, in continuing the same study in mental and moral fields, we first learn of the general and then...

We hear a great deal in these days of "female diseases," by which is meant the displacements of the organs of the reproductive system; that is, of the uterus, ovaries, etc. Thes...

I witnessed the other day a parting between two men. The elder, as he took the younger by the hand, said, "Good-by, my boy; be good to yourself;" and the younger responded, hear...

We have talked of the effect of tight clothing upon the breathing power. Let us see what other injuries arise from wearing the dress too tight. In the first place, the action of...

Having spent so much time in the study of principles and laws, we will now return to the discussion of this concrete case. What can you decide in regard to this individual young...

As I have said before, the reading of sensational love stories is most detrimental. The descriptions of passionate love scenes arouse in the reader a thrill through her own sexu...

You and your girl friends take much pains with your personal adornment. You spend time in curling your hair and in putting on ribbons and laces, but I sometimes think you do not...

The first thing you did when you came into this world was to inspire, that is, to breathe in. The last thing you will do will be to expire, that is, to breathe out. And between...

You said to me, my daughter, that you wanted to join the class in Physical Culture. I asked you why, and you said because you thought you needed to build up in certain parts of...

You might like to know, dear reader, if I do not believe in some intermediate relation between that of the comrade and the lover--a more intimate relation than the one and less...

I once heard of a man who on his death-bed made a singular will. He had no houses or lands to bequeath his children, but he had observed that they had inherited much from him, a...

With a feeling of reverence for ourselves we now take up the subject of special physiology to learn what makes us women. In the study of general physiology we find very few phys...

Shakespeare writes of "Sleep that knits up the ravelled sleeve of care." The metaphor is striking, but not accurate. To knit up that which is ravelled implies using the old mate...

It is well to bear constantly in mind that all exercise, even walking on level ground, is objectionable in clothing that compresses the body; and as exercise is the law of the d...

There's to be a grand wedding, you know, With no end to the fuss and parade, With sixteen fair bridesmaids to stand in a row, With sixteen young groomsmen to help out the show,...

The question "How much are you worth?" is not answered by discussing your bodily conditions, for your body is not yourself. It is your dwelling, but not you. It, however, expres...

I have often heard people say that God was unjust in making this law of heredity and compelling innocent children to bear the sins of the guilty parents, and at first thought it...

When you were born you were, as all babies are, deaf, dumb, blind, and helpless, but immediately the external world began to act upon you. Then began the process of mind-buildin...

If I can arouse in your mind a most earnest desire to be strong and vigorous, I shall not find it necessary to give you very minute directions, for if you have the ambition you...

I have said that I do not want you to think yourself a semi-invalid and so be "fussy" about yourself, but I have also said that I want you to take care of yourself at all times,...

When I see you with your young girl friends, when I look into your bright faces and listen to your merry laughter and your girlish chatter, I wonder if any one of you understand...

There is another influence at work in causing race degeneracy concerning which the majority of girls are ignorant, and that is immorality. The prevalent idea that young men must...

As many girls are affected by spinal curvature, round shoulders, weak back or ankles, prolapsed stomach, bowels, or pelvic organs, constipation and poor general circulation, it...

This little conversation will be on the hindrances to deep breathing, for if we make up our minds that it is so important to breathe deeply we shall be very anxious to know how...

We have talked of your body and your mind, but as yet not of yourself. You are not body; you are not mind; but you possess both. You are spirit, created by God, who is spirit; t...

It is a wonderful thought that God shares His divine endowments with man; that He, being our Father, hath bestowed upon us the power to manifest His characteristics. We are prou...

Perhaps you will remember that I once told you that all life is from an egg, the life of the plant, the fish, the bird, the human being. In the book "What a Young Girl Ought to...

You are beginning to feel a peculiar interest in one young man more than in any other. You think of him in his absence; you welcome his coming; his eyes seem to caress you; the...

You think, perhaps, that I can find no fault with the friendship of girls with each other, that that certainly is safe and pleasant. I have said enough for you to understand tha...

Menstruation is a perfectly physiological process and should be without pain. Indeed, Dr. Mary Putnam Jacobi maintains that a woman ought to feel more life, vigor and ambition a...

During a number of years it has been my privilege to be the confidante and counsellor of a large number of young women of various stations in life and in all parts of the United...

Different ideas of different people--Much that is called love is selfishness--Love at first sight--Present conditions of society unnatural--Parents unwilling to teach their chil...

What is the young man's inheritance?--What are his ideas?--What is his estimate of woman?--What are his defects?--Are there adequate reasons why some should not marry?--May not...

Becoming engaged for fun--May not engaged young people throw aside restrictions?--Long engagements--The benefits of an engagement--Evils of a long engagement--Engagement a time...

The first great lesson to learn, your own importance--Probably twelve million young women in the United States--What it means for one of them to be sick--Woman's work in the wor...

A desire for health creates a desire to know how to obtain it--The question of diet--We eat to repair waste and to supply new material--Overstudy less a cause of illness than wr...

Babies born deaf, dumb, blind and helpless--The activities of the baby build its brains--Our brains develop through cultivation of the senses--Certain areas of brain govern cert...

Alcoholism produces nerve degeneration--Tight lacing may have the same result--Nerve degeneracy may lead to alcoholism--Idiocy and inebriety increasing--Effects of wine--Evils o...

The effect upon the heart--Danger of exercising in tight dress--Effect of tight clothing upon the kidneys, upon the liver, stomach, and bowels--How the bowels are held in the ab...

Woman not necessarily a semi-invalid--Effects of wrong clothing on the young girl--Evils of novel reading--Evils of constipation--Congestions produced by displacements--Serious...

Your body is your dwelling--It expresses you--We can judge of character by the external appearance--The body also an instrument and should be taken care of--Not "fussy" to take...

The origin of life--One plan in all forms of life--How plants grow from the seed--They feed on the soil, grow and mature--How the plant reproduces itself--The flower, the pollen...

What is real fun--The effects of a wrong idea of fun--Flirtations--Familiarities--Criticism of girls by young men--Class of girls who are most respected--Responsibility of girls...

Animals and their young--The place which God has prepared for their young--Beginning their independent life--Human babies the most helpless and dependent of all creatures--The r...

Who is the young man?--What are his antecedents, his talents, his habits?--What sort of a family does he belong to?--The wife marries her husband's family--Girls should know thi...

No long walks or rides--May pursue usual avocations--If pain, keep quiet--Do not use alcoholics of any kind--Use of heat--Use of cold--Should you bathe at this time--Arrangement...

Fishes and their young--The parent fishes and the baby fishes--The seeds of plants and eggs of fishes, birds and animals--How fishes never know their baby offspring--Warm bloode...

Its results--Causes--Lack of cleanliness--Pin-worms--All functions attended with pleasure--Sex not low--Its development accompanied by increased power--How overcome the bad habi...

Inheritance of good so universal that we fail to think of it--Mercy shown to thousands of generations--Heredity not fatality--Effects of education transmitted--Experiments of Pr...