“Biological living”: The redemption of women and America through healthy living, dress and eugenics (2000)
Norman, Kathleen Lynne (Author)
Claremont Graduate University
Brodie, Janet Farrell
Edition Details: Advisor: Brodie, Janet Farrell
Physical Details: 635 pp.
Language: English
Description From the 1840s into the 1930s, successive campaigns for health reform, dress reform and eugenics articulated diverse theories about illness, womanhood, the female body, and the nature of a healthy and virtuous American society. Cited in Diss. Abstr. Int. A 60 (2000): 4576A. UMI order no. 9956042.
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