Project Gutenberg 2007-03-14 Public domain in the USA. 258 Weaver, G. S. (George Sumner) 1818 1908 Weaver, George Sumner Aims and Aids for Girls and Young Women On the Various Duties of Life, Physical, Intellectual, And Moral Development; Self-Culture, Improvement, Dress, Beauty, Fashion, Employment, Education, The Home Relations, Their Duties To Young Men, Marriage, Womanhood And Happiness. Produced by Bryan Ness, Marcia and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from scans of public domain works at the University of Michigan's Making of America collection.) "Aims and Aids for Girls and Young Women" by G. S. Weaver is a self-help book focused on the various responsibilities and duties of young women, written in the mid-19th century. The text addresses crucial aspects of a woman’s life, including physical health, intellectual growth, moral development, and societal roles, ultimately advocating for independence and self-reliance. The author aims to elevate the aspirations and self-culture of girls, challenging societal norms that limit their potential. The opening of the book emphasizes the significance of girlhood as a formative time in a woman's life, urging young women to develop their character, maintain physical health, and prepare for their future. Weaver expresses concern for the neglect of female education and the societal pressures that reduce women to mere objects of beauty and adherence to fashion. He calls for a shift in perspective, encouraging girls to actively pursue independence and self-worth, while recognizing the dangers of beauty without virtue. Overall, this introduction sets the tone for a comprehensive examination of womanhood and the responsibilities that accompany it. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 71.1 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Conduct of life Young women BJ Text Category: Health & Medicine Category: Gender & Sexuality Studies Category: Parenthood & Family Relations Category: Teaching & Education 448692 2025-08-09T03:35:17.842785 text/html 454670 2007-03-14T16:17:04 text/html 253363 2025-08-09T03:35:26.303267 application/epub+zip 255476 2025-08-09T03:35:21.499801 application/epub+zip 227182 2025-08-09T03:35:19.993824 application/epub+zip 484381 2025-08-09T03:35:30.024219 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 445672 2025-08-09T03:35:25.466265 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 300794 2022-09-10T04:21:00.424555 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 402614 2025-08-09T03:35:17.352792 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 402795 2007-03-14T16:17:04 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 402787 2007-03-14T16:17:04 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 5414185 2007-03-14T16:47:32 application/octet-stream application/zip 22029 2025-08-09T03:35:30.148244 application/rdf+xml 17197 2025-08-09T03:35:20.758770 image/jpeg 3895 2025-08-09T03:35:20.240784 image/jpeg 148220 2007-03-14T16:17:04 application/octet-stream application/zip 156453 2007-03-14T16:17:04 application/octet-stream application/zip 148187 2007-03-14T16:17:04 application/octet-stream application/zip 241461 2025-08-09T03:35:17.876773 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog