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VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE FOR GIRLS

by

MARGUERITE STOCKMAN DICKSON

Author of _From the Old World to the New_, _A Hundred Years of
Warfare. 1689-1789_, _Stories of Camp and Trail_, _Pioneers and
Patriots in American History_

Rand Mcnally & Company
Chicago New York

1919

THE CONTENTS

PAGE
A Foreword ix

PART I. PRESENT-DAY IDEALS OF WOMANHOOD

CHAPTER
I. WOMAN'S PLACE IN SOCIETY 3

II. THE IDEAL HOME 18

III. ESTABLISHING A HOME 27

IV. RUNNING THE DOMESTIC MACHINERY 49

PART II. GUIDING GIRLS TOWARD THE IDEAL

V. THE EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES INVOLVED 75

VI. TRAINING THE LITTLE CHILD 86

VII. TEACHING THE MECHANICS OF HOUSEKEEPING 102

VIII. THE GIRL'S INNER LIFE 122

IX. THE ADOLESCENT GIRL 130

X. THE GIRL'S WORK 151

XI. THE GIRL'S WORK (Continued)--CLASSIFICATION
OF OCCUPATIONS 163

XII. THE GIRL'S WORK (Continued)--VOCATIONS AS
AFFECTING HOMEMAKING 194

XIII. THE GIRL'S WORK (Continued)--VOCATIONS
DETERMINED BY TRAINING 203

XIV. MARRIAGE 218

Suggested Readings 241

The Index 243

A LIST OF THE PORTRAITS

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LOUISA M. ALCOTT 221

RUTH MCENERY STUART 223

LOUISE HOMER AND HER FAMILY 225

MARGARET JUNKIN PRESTON 227

COLONEL AND MRS. ROOSEVELT WITH MEMBERS OF THEIR FAMILY 229

JULIA WARD HOWE AND HER GRANDDAUGHTER 231

CAROLINE BARTLETT CRANE 233

ALICE FREEMAN PALMER 235

AMELIA E. BARR