CONTENTS
| CHAP. | PAGE | |
| [PART I] INTRODUCTORY | ||
| I | A Retrospect: The Position of Women before the Great European War | [9] |
| II | The Position of Women as Affected by the War | [29] |
| [PART II] THE MATERNAL INSTINCT IN THE MAKING | ||
| III | Insect Parenthood | [55] |
| IV | Parenthood among Reptiles and Fishes: A Chapter on Good Fathers | [77] |
| V | Parenthood among Birds, with further Examples of Good Fathers | [97] |
| VI | Parenthood among the Higher Animals: The Fixing of the Parental Instinct in the Mother | [117] |
| [PART III] THE PRIMITIVE FAMILY | ||
| VII | The Mother in the Primitive Family | [137] |
| [PART IV] MOTHERHOOD AND THE RELATIONSHIPS OF THE SEXES | ||
| VIII | The Family and the Home | [161] |
| IX | Monogamous Marriage and Woman | [187] |
| X | Marriage: a Continuation of the Previous Chapter, with some Remarks on the Character of Woman | [207] |
| XI | Sexual Relationships outside of Marriage | [227] |
| XII | The Unmarried Mother | [255] |
| XIII | The Danger of Secret Diseases | [283] |
| [PART V] SEXUAL EDUCATION | ||
| XIV | The Mother and the Child | [301] |
| XV | Sexual Education, with Special Reference to the Adolescent Girl | [327] |
| XVI | A Continuation of the Last Chapter, with an Attempt to Suggest a Remedy | [349] |
| Bibliography | [379] | |
| Index | [395] | |
PART I
INTRODUCTORY
It is now a well-established truism to say that the most injurious influences affecting the physical condition of young children arise from the habits, customs and practices of the people themselves rather than from external surroundings or conditions. The environment of the infant is its mother. Its health and physical fitness are dependent primarily upon her health, her capacity in domesticity, and her knowledge of infant care and management. Thus the fundamental requirement in regard to this particular problem is healthy motherhood and the art and practice of mother-craft. Given a healthy and careful mother we are on the high road to securing a healthy infant; from healthy infancy we may expect healthy childhood, and from healthy childhood may be laid the foundations of a nation’s health.
“Education and Infant Welfare.”
Annual Report for 1914 of the Chief Medical Officer of the Board of Education.