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Health and girlhood in Britain, 1874-1920

This first major study of girls' health in modern Britain explores how debates and advice on healthy girlhood shaped ideas about the lives of young women from the 1870s to the 1920s, as theories concerning the biological limitations of female adolescence were challenged and girls moved into new...

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Main Authors: Marland, Hilary
Published:
Literature type: Electronic Software eBook
Language: English
Series: Palgrave studies in the history of childhood
Subjects:
Girls > Social conditions > 19th century > Great Britain
Girls > Social conditions > 20th century > Great Britain
Girls > Health and hygiene > History > 19th century > Great Britain
Girls > Health and hygiene > History > 20th century > Great Britain
Social & cultural history > c 1800 to c 1900 > c 1900 - c 1914 > c 1914 to c 1918 including WW1 > United Kingdom, Great Britain
Gender studies: women > c 1800 to c 1900 > c 1900 - c 1914 > c 1914 to c 1918 including WW1 > United Kingdom, Great Britain
Personal & public health > c 1800 to c 1900 > c 1900 - c 1914 > c 1914 to c 1918 including WW1 > United Kingdom, Great Britain
History of medicine > c 1800 to c 1900 > c 1900 - c 1914 > c 1914 to c 1918 including WW1 > United Kingdom, Great Britain
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Online Access: http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9781137328144
Summary: This first major study of girls' health in modern Britain explores how debates and advice on healthy girlhood shaped ideas about the lives of young women from the 1870s to the 1920s, as theories concerning the biological limitations of female adolescence were challenged and girls moved into new arenas in the workplace, sport and recreation.
Item Description: Electronic book text.
Epublication based on: 9781137328137, 2013.
Carrier Form: 288 p. : 14 b&w, 1 b&w halftones, ill.
ISBN: 9781137328137
9781137328144 :
1137328142 :
CLC: D771.285
Contents: List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Unstable Adolescence: Medicine and the 'Perils of Puberty' in Late Victorian and Edwardian Britain 2. Reinventing the Victorian Girl: Health Advice for Girls in the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries 3. Health, Exercise and the Emergence of the Modern Girl 4. Girls, Education and the School as a Site of Health 5. The Health of the Factory Girl Conclusion Future Mothers of the Empire or a 'Double Gain'? Bibliography Index.

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