Girls and Women

A guide offering practical moral and social counsel for girls and young women, arranged in short chapters on aims in life, health, education, self-support, occupations, culture, domestic life, charity, hospitality, and social conduct. Using illustrative anecdotes and commonsense argument it considers when earning money is desirable and how talents should be discovered and cultivated. It examines roles available to different social positions, the responsibilities of leisure, and the value of home-making and hospitality. The tone favors prudence, self-knowledge, modesty, and public-minded duty while urging practical preparation for independence when necessary.