Herself

Book excerpt: Edith Belle Lowry (1878-? ) was the author of: Confidences: Talks with a Young Girl Concerning Herself (1911) and Herself: Talks with Women Concerning Themselves (1917). It is a lamentable fact that the majority of women and girls are ignorant of the structure of their most important organs. In the majority of schools and colleges where physiology is taught, absolutely nothing is mentioned about the reproductive organs. As far as books or instruction are concerned, the girl is ignorant of their very existence. If she knew something of the structure of such important organs and the harmful results of many practices or acts of carelessness affecting them, would she not be better prepared to take the proper care of herself and more liable to develop into a strong, healthy woman?