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A young Corinthian woman adorning an urn with flowers. Engraving by J.J. Flipart after J.M. Vien.

A convalescent young woman reading. Gouache painting by David Bles.

A young woman from the Hawaiian Islands. Engraving by J.K. Sherwin after J. Webber, 17--.

Four young women holding flowers. Photograph by J.M. Cameron, 1868.

Hassan, Karnataka, India: young women fetching water from a well at an orphanage. Photograph.

A young woman from Tahiti, dancing. Engraving by J.K. Sherwin, 1784, after J. Webber.

Two young women in Breton costume are talking together on the side of a grassy bank. Etching by Ad. Lalauze.

A young man offers his hand to help a young woman cross a bridge over a brook, but she turns back as the bridge is too narrow. Engraving by W. Angus, 1793, after T. Stothard.

A young woman in Tahiti, wearing a large skirt. Engraving by F. Bartolozzi, 1784, after J. Webber.

London Society for the Protection of Young Females. Wood engraving.

New Guinea: five tattooed girls of the Koita people, Waima village. Photograph, 19--, after a photograph by H.M. Dauncey.

A surgeon preparing to let blood from the foot of a girl, in the presence of five other figures. Oil painting after Richard Brakenburg.

Sex in life : young women / Violet D. Swaisland.

A young woman holding an open book on a cushion. Etching by A. Kauffmann, 1781.

A young woman wearing a crown is dressed by three maids, one of whom prepares to adorn her with a necklace; she is watched by a seated man on the left. Stipple engraving, 17--.

Girls & sex : navigating the complicated new landscape / Peggy Orenstein.

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Young women

Images from the collections

Images referencing Young women

Works from the collections

Sex in life : young women / Violet D. Swaisland.

A young woman holding an open book on a cushion. Etching by A. Kauffmann, 1781.

A young woman wearing a crown is dressed by three maids, one of whom prepares to adorn her with a necklace; she is watched by a seated man on the left. Stipple engraving, 17--.

A young Corinthian woman adorning an urn with flowers. Engraving by J.J. Flipart after J.M. Vien.

Girls & sex : navigating the complicated new landscape / Peggy Orenstein.

Young women

Images from the collections

Images referencing Young women

Works from the collections

Sex in life : young women / Violet D. Swaisland.

A young woman holding an open book on a cushion. Etching by A. Kauffmann, 1781.

A young woman wearing a crown is dressed by three maids, one of whom prepares to adorn her with a necklace; she is watched by a seated man on the left. Stipple engraving, 17--.

A young Corinthian woman adorning an urn with flowers. Engraving by J.J. Flipart after J.M. Vien.

Girls & sex : navigating the complicated new landscape / Peggy Orenstein.

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