Booklet, 'A guide to womanhood: a reliable sex education booklet for young women 15 years and over'
Object No. 96/275/3
The Father and Son Welfare Movement of Australia was founded in 1926 with the aim of providing authoritative sex education for young people as well as marriage and family guidance. In the years between 1954 and 1956 it issued its first set of nine sex education guides and its output since then has been prolific. In 1969 alone its sale of sex education books exceeded 1.5 million copies (in a country whose population was less than 12 million). It also produced recordings and sent out speakers to schools and organisations that requested them. For many young Australians it provided their only contact with any sort of informed sex education. Reference: Spearritt, Peter, & Walker, David (eds), Australian popular culture, North Sydney: Allen & Unwin, 1979.
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Summary
Object Statement
Booklet, 'A guide to womanhood: a reliable sex education booklet for young women 15 years and over', paper, The Father and Son Welfare Movement of Australia, Australia, 1961
Physical Description
Booklet, 'A guide to womanhood: a reliable sex education booklet for young women 15 years and over', paper, The Father and Son Welfare Movement of Australia, Australia, 1961. This is a soft-cover, staple bound 36-page booklet. The cover features a black and white photograph of a young woman carrying a sprig of fruit blossom.
DIMENSIONS
Height
180 mm
Width
125 mm
PRODUCTION
Notes
Written and published by the Father and Son Welfare Movement of Australia. This particular edition was published in February 1961. The title was originally published some years earlier.
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Acquisition Date
14 August 1996
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