Woman's education, and woman's health : chiefly in reply to "Sex in education" / by George F. Comfort and Mrs. Anna Manning Comfort.

  • George Fisk Comfort
Date:
1874
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Credit: Woman's education, and woman's health : chiefly in reply to "Sex in education" / by George F. Comfort and Mrs. Anna Manning Comfort. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University.

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    INTRODUCTION. Sex in Education.—The work of Dr. Edward H. Clarke, of Boston, entitled Sex in Education which first appeared in October last, has attracted the public attention in an unusual degree. Its captivat- ing title ; its flowing, graceful, and still pungent and popular style ; its positive and uncompromising tone; the residence, rank, and former official position of the author; the interest which the late agitation of the subject of co-education has excited in the public mind ; and the vital importance of the question which is discussed by Dr. Clarke to parents who liave daughters to educate,—have all united to make the appearance of this work a very striking event in the current literature of the day. The work of Dr. Clarke has received marked atten- tion at the hands of the periodical press, from the fugitive daily newspapers, up to the more elaborate and critical quarterly reviews. A large portion of the criticisms of the press have consisted in allusions to