| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 297 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-287) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction; 1. The Etiology of Dis-ease: Life and Death in Middle-Class Boston, 1830-1860; 2. Moral Physiology and the Habits of a Healthy Life; 3. "Know Thyself": The Ladies' Physiological Institute of Boston and Vicinity, 1848-1880; 4. In Private and In Public: The Ladies' Physiological Institute, 1880-1898; 5. Fitness of Body and Mind: Personal Health in Late Nineteenth-Century Boston; 6. "Stronger in Body as well as in Mind": Physical Education at Wellesley College, 1875-1900; 7. "Veritable Crusaders": The Early Graduates of the Boston Normal School of Gymnastics, 1889-1900. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Women -- Health and hygiene -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- History -- 19th century.
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Women -- Health and hygiene. |
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Massachusetts -- Boston. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
19th century |
| Subject |
Physical fitness for women -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- History -- 19th century.
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Physical fitness for women. |
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Physical education for women -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- History -- 19th century.
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Physical education for women. |
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Health Services -- history. |
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History, 19th Century. |
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Physical Fitness. |
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Women -- history. |
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Women's Health Services. |
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Boston. |
| Chronological Term |
1800 - 1899 |
| Indexed Term |
United States Women Health, history |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Subject |
Women. |
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Womyn. |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Verbrugge, Martha H. Able-bodied womanhood. New York : Oxford University Press, 1988 (DLC) 88011284 |
| ISBN |
1429400986 (electronic book) |
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9781429400985 (electronic book) |
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1601296746 |
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9781601296740 |
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9780195051247 (alkaline paper) |
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0195051246 (alkaline paper) |
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0195051246 (alkaline paper) |
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