Mary Wood-allen

Mary Augusta Wood-Allen (October 19, 1841 - January 21, 1908) was an American doctor, social reformer, lecturer, and writer of books on health and self-improvement for women and children. Through her lectures and writings she was a voice for the social purity movement. After three years studying in Vienna, Austria, Wood-Allen earned a medical degree from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor in 1875. She went into practice in Newark, New Jersey. In 1883 she was appointed "Lecturer of Heredity and Hygiene" for the National Women's Christian Temperance Union at the suggestion of Frances Willard and lectured widely on these subjects. In 1892 she became superintendent of the WCTU's Purity Department, and in 1897 she became Superintendent of Purity for the World WCTU.

What a Young Woman Ought to Know is written by Mary Wood Allen, who had counseled a large community of young women in various parts of United Stats. Many girls are unfortunate to be trained by conventionalities of society which lead them to a dilemma of questioning the right and wrongs. This book provides honest answers through the facts collected from otherwise intelligent and well informed girls. Understanding womanhood can a woman life safer and healthier. Various topics on the problems faced by women has been discussed and divided under three major parts comprising "THE VALUE OF HEALTH, AND RESPONSIBILITY IN MAINTAINING IT", "NEED OF SPECIAL KNOWLEDGE; SOME FORMS OF AVOIDABLE DISEASE, THEIR REMEDY AND PREVENTION", and "LOVE; HEREDITY; ENGAGEMENTS".

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Reproduction of the original: Almost a Man by Mary Wood-Allen

Reproduction of the original: Almost a Man by Mary Wood-Allen

Reproduction of the original: Almost a Woman by Mary Wood-Allen

Reproduction of the original: Almost a Woman by Mary Wood-Allen

What a Young Woman Ought to Know By Mary Wood-Allen