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Identifier: womaningirlhoodw00soli (find matches)
Title: ... Woman in girlhood, wifehood, motherhood; her responsibilities and her duties at all periods of life; a guide in the maintenance of her health and that of her children
Year: 1906 (1900s)
Authors: Solis-Cohen, Myer
Subjects: Women Child care
Publisher: Philadelphia, Chicago (etc.) The J.C. Winston co
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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usually of a one-sided char-acter. Fencing.—For those who have the time to devote to itand the money to provide the equipment, there is hardly a betterall-around exercise than fencing. Girls should learn to fencewith both hands, so that their arms and legs will be developedsymmetrically. Practice at fencing will bring a lighter step,grace of movement and a more agile form. Punching the Bag.—An excellent form of indoor exer-cise is the use of the punching bag. If one of the men in thehouse owns such an apparatus the girls should certainly takeadvantage of it. By its use every muscle of the body is broughtinto play. The bag should hang about on a level with theshoulders. A light flannel gymnasium suit should be wornduring this exercise. A pair of light gloves will also be needed. Dancing is sometimes the only form of exercise a girl willhave during the winter. It is a useful form of exercise, andprobably more than any other tends to develop grace of move-ment. PART II.A WOMANS LIFE.
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THE TRYST BY THE SHADY WALL. Young manhood enamored by the loveliness of beautifulwomanhood feels that But to see her was to love her, CHAPTER VIII. ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY. Sex throughout nature: In plants; in the lower animals; in man. Womansphysical characteristics. The female sexual organs: In plants; in the loweranimals; in woman. Womans reproductive organs: The womb, the vagina,the Fallopian tubes, the ovaries. The pelvis. Shalt show us how divine a thingA woman may be made. —Wordsworth. I N the first part of this book, on Health and Beauty,general hygienic rules have been given which applyto every one, irrespective of sex. The present sec-tion deals entirely with the phenomena which arepeculiar to woman, giving those particular rules which areto guide her through a healthy and, consequently, happyadolescence, maidenhood, wifehood and motherhood. Be-fore any suggestions are made as to the precautions to beobserved during each period, the physiology of that periodis described, s

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