VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE FOR GIRLS***
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"Vocational guidance seeks the largest realization of the possibilities of every child and youth, measured in terms of worthy service."
[Illustration: Photograph by Brown Bros. CAMP FIRE GIRLS The lessons of patriotism, kindness, and industry taught by the Camp Fire Girls' organization make it a power for good]
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
PAGE 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 237
