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Woman's Physical Freedom,
book by Clelia Duel Mosher, M.D. (The Womans Press,
New York City, U.S.A., 1923, 87 pages)
Dr. Mosher, of Stanford University (U.S.A.), wrote this book explaining
her views on college women's health, including
menstruation (exercise is important to freedom from pain), dress styles,
brassieres and breast care. It promotes a positive view of women's potential
and discusses things not settled today, such as innate differences between
males and females. It tosses out many Victorian attitudes, such as the unimportance
of exercise.
I think you will find amusing things, such as how dress
length and waist constriction affected menstrual pain, how sexual the movies were in that era before sound,
and their bad influence - and how she thought
that would change for the better. Good grief!
SarahAnne Hazlewood generously donated this
book to the museum.
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