Confidential Chats with Girls

audiobook

Confidential Chats with Girls

by William Lee Howard

EN·~2 hours·9 chapters

Chapters

9 total
1

FOREWORD

2:15
2

CHAPTER I HOW TO DEVELOP INTO WOMANHOOD

14:07
3

CHAPTER II A GENERAL CHAT

23:40
4

CHAPTER III THE DISORDERS OF MENSTRUATION AND GENERAL HEALTH

24:31
5

CHAPTER IV THE CARE OF THE SKIN AND COMPLEXION

31:57
6

CHAPTER V NERVES AND THE NERVOUS GIRL

16:26
7

CHAPTER VI HOW TO GET WILL POWER

12:29
8

CHAPTER VII HOW TO KEEP ATTRACTIVE

20:44
9

CHAPTER VIII SOME DON’TS

18:45

Description

Presented as a series of candid conversations, this work tackles the glaring neglect of practical sexual education for teenage girls. The author argues that young women are left to navigate puberty and future motherhood with only vague moral instruction and no reliable guidance on anatomy, hygiene, or healthy development. By drawing clear, everyday analogies—from blooming roses to laying chickens—the book translates biological facts into language that feels both familiar and reassuring.

Written in straightforward, non‑technical prose, the text aims to fill the void left by parental ignorance and societal prudery of its era. It offers concrete advice on caring for one’s body, recognizing natural changes, and preventing the lifelong ailments that arise from misinformation. Listeners will find a compassionate yet earnest call for better support of young women as they move toward adulthood.

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Language

en

Duration

~2 hours (158K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Credits

Produced by Donald Cummings and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net

Release date

2018-07-20

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

William Lee Howard

William Lee Howard

1860–1918

A physician by training, he wrote with the urgency of someone trying to explain the body and mind to everyday readers. His books moved between health advice, social commentary, and popular discussions of sex, making him a distinctive late-19th- and early-20th-century voice.

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