Health and Girlhood in Britain, 1874-1920 [electronic resource] /
Marland, H.author.
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.
Description based upon print version of record.
""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""List of Figures""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Introduction""; ""1 Unstable Adolescence: Medicine and the â€?Perils of Pubertyâ€? 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""; ""6 Conclusion: Future Mothers of the Empire or a â€?Double Gainâ€??""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
History.
Great Britain-History.
Sociology.
Social history.
History, Modern.
History of Science.
History of Britain and Ireland.
Gender Studies.
Social History.
Modern History.