The Four Epochs of Woman's Life - Anna M. Galbraith

No stone is left unturned in this revealing and imposing work that covers every stage of a woman's life from puberty through menopause. Here is a short excerpt: School Life.— When it is considered that fully one-half of the girl's waking hours are spent in school or in study preparing for school, it becomes evident that the girl's attitude at her desk should be the correct one. The malpositions at the desk are the most frequent cause of lateral curvatures, round shoulders, and flat chests. And these deformities are more common in girls than they are in boys.

The Young Woman's Guide - William A. Alcott

Now it is precisely this sort of refusal, direct or implied, in a thousand cases which might be named, which brings down evil, not only upon those who make it, but upon others. They mean no, perhaps; and yet it is not certain that the decision is—like the laws of the Medea and Persians—irrevocable. Something in the tone, or manner, or both combined, leaves room to hope for success in time to come. “The woman who deliberates, is lost,” we are told: and is it not so? Do not many who say no with hesitancy, still retain the power and the disposition to deliberate? And is it not so understood?

The Prospective Mother- J. Morris Slemons

Full title: The Prospective Mother: A Handbook for Women During Pregnancy

Wanted, a Young Woman to Do Housework - C. Helene Barker

Present statistics, however, upon the morality and immorality of women who belong to what is at present termed the “servant class,” prove only too clearly that the “protection” provided by the employer's home does not protect. The shelter thus given serves too often to encourage a life of deception, especially as in reality the housewife knows but little of what takes place “below stairs.”