THE CONTENTS

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A Forewardix
[PART I] PRESENT-DAY IDEALS OF WOMANHOOD
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[I.]Woman's Place In Society3
[II.]The Ideal Home18
[III.]Establishing A Home27
[IV.]Running The Domestic Machinery49
[PART II.] GUIDING GIRLS TOWARD THE IDEAL
[V.]The Educational Agencies Involved75
[VI.]Training The Little Child86
[VII.]Teaching The Mechanics Of Housekeeping102
[VIII.]The Girl's Inner Life122
[IX.]The Adolescent Girl130
[X.]The Girl's Work151
[XI.]The Girl's Work (Continued)—Classification Of Occupations163
[XII.]The Girl's Work (Continued)—Vocations As Affecting Homemaking194
[XIII.]The Girl's Work (Continued)—Vocations Determined By Training203
[XIV.]Marriage218
[Suggested Readings]241
[The Index]243


A LIST OF THE PORTRAITS

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Louisa M. Alcott[221]
Ruth McEnery Stuart[223]
Louise Homer And Her Family[225]
Margaret Junkin Preston[227]
Colonel And Mrs. Roosevelt With Members Of Their Family[229]
Julia Ward Howe And Her Granddaughter[231]
Caroline Bartlett Crane[233]
Alice Freeman Palmer[235]
Amelia E. Barr[237]