“Perfect womanhood for maidens, wives, mothers.”
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Title
“Perfect womanhood for maidens, wives, mothers.”
Subject
Women – health and hygiene
Gynecology – Popular works
Obstetrics – Popular works
Women--United States--Social conditions--20th century
Women--Books and reading--United States--History--20th century
Gynecology – Popular works
Obstetrics – Popular works
Women--United States--Social conditions--20th century
Women--Books and reading--United States--History--20th century
Description
This text is a medical guide written by a female medical doctor for adult, middle-class white American women to instruct on the proper maintenance of her home’s state of health. It caters to topics of gynecology, obstetrics, pediatrics, beauty, and feminine social placement. It is 448 pages long.
Creator
Mary R. Melendy, M.D., Ph.D.
Source
Mother, Home, and Heaven Collection at the College of Wooster Special Collections
Publisher
World Publishing Company
Date
c1901
Contributor
Josephine Long Wishart collection
Rights
This work by The College of Wooster Special Collections is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
Based on a work at http://creativecommons.org/choose.
Relation
Melendy, Mary R. Perfect Womanhood for Maidens, Wives, Mothers: a Book Giving Full Information On All the Mysterious And Complex Matters Pertaining to Women ... : a Complete Medical Guide for Women. Guelph, Ont.: World Pub. Co. 1901.
Format
JPEG
Language
eng
Type
Text
Identifier
1990.3
Citation
Mary R. Melendy, M.D., Ph.D., ““Perfect womanhood for maidens, wives, mothers.”,” The Josephine Long Wishart Collection: Mother, Home, and Heaven, accessed October 22, 2026, https://www.motherhomeheaven.ohio5.org/items/show/5.
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