WOMAN AND WOMANHOOD A Search for Principles By C. W. SALEEBY M.D., F.R.S.E., Ch.B., F.Z.S. Fellow of the Obstetrical Society of Edinburgh and formerly Resident Physician Edinburgh Maternity Hospital; Vice-President Divorce Law Reform Union; Member of the Royal Institution and of Council of the Socio- logical Society. MITCHELL KENNERLEY NEW YORK AND LONDON MCMXI

Copyright 1911 by
Mitchell Kennerley

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Contents

IFIRST PRINCIPLES[1]
IITHE LIFE OF THE WORLD TO COME[34]
IIITHE PURPOSE OF WOMANHOOD[52]
IVTHE LAW OF CONSERVATION[64]
VTHE DETERMINATION OF SEX[72]
VIMENDELISM AND WOMANHOOD[81]
VIIBEFORE WOMANHOOD[92]
VIIITHE PHYSICAL TRAINING OF GIRLS[99]
IXTHE HIGHER EDUCATION OF WOMEN[128]
XTHE PRICE OF PRUDERY[132]
XIEDUCATION FOR MOTHERHOOD[151]
XIITHE MATERNAL INSTINCT[163]
XIIICHOOSING THE FATHERS OF THE FUTURE[193]
XIVTHE MARRIAGE AGE FOR GIRLS[197]
XVTHE FIRST NECESSITY[219]
XVION CHOOSING A HUSBAND[234]
XVIITHE CONDITIONS OF MARRIAGE[258]
XVIIITHE CONDITIONS OF DIVORCE[291]
XIXTHE RIGHTS OF MOTHERS[296]
XXWOMEN AND ECONOMICS[327]
XXITHE CHIEF ENEMY OF WOMEN[348]
XXIICONCLUSION[386]

CHAPTER I