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...

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1. Verfasser: Verbrugge, Martha H. (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York : Oxford University Press, 1988.
Schriftenreihe:ACLS Humanities E-Book.
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Zusammenfassung: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.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (viii, 297 pages) : illustrations
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-287) and index.
ISBN:1429400986
9781429400985
1601296746
9781601296740
9780195051247
0195051246

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