Acknowledgements
Introduction
Chapter One
Woman’s Place
Chapter Two
Growing Up and Facing Puberty
Chapter Three
“You can’t be at your best when you’re sitting in a swamp”: Menstruation
Chapter Four
Understanding Sexuality
Chapter Five
Advice on Marriage and Motherhood
Chapter Six
“On the fringe of knowledge”: Infertility
Chapter Seven
Controlling Fertility: Birth Control and Abortion
Chapter Eight
“The ... mischievous tendency of specialism”: Gynaecology
Chapter Nine
The Womanly Body: A Cancer Threat
Chapter Ten
The Mind’s Health
Chapter Eleven
Menopause: The End of Womanhood
Conclusion
Notes on Sources and Methodology