Health and Girlhood in Britain, 1874-1920

In: Palgrave Studies in the History of Childhood

In: Palgrave Studies in the History of Childhood Ser.

Abstract

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