The Young Woman's Guide (c. 1830)

According to Wikipedia: "William Andrus Alcott' (6 August 1798– 29 March 1859)was an American educator, educational reformer, physician, and author of 108 books. His works, which include a wide range of topics including educational reform, physical education, school house design, family life, and diet, are still widely cited today." The author explains in his preface, "I wish to have it distinctly understood, that I do not propose to give a complete manual of the social and moral duties of young women. Every one has his own way of looking at things, and I have mine. Some of the duties of young women have appeared to me to receive from other writers less attention than their comparative importance demands; and others -- especially those which are connected with the great subject of "temperance in all things"--I have believed to be treated, in several respects, erroneously."