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Beautiful Girlhood - A Review

Posted on Oct. 9, 2007 at 5:08 PM

Some months ago I had the pleasure of reading Beautiful Girlhood by Mabel Hale.

Mabel Hale lived in the early nineteen hundreds. She had one daughter named Cleora. Beautiful Girlhood is dedicated to Mrs. Hale’s “daughter and her comrades who are now walking the way of girlhood.” Mrs. Hale was also the author of several short articles and stories written for children such as: “What is Your Motto?”, “Play Fair” and “Lola Beebe’s Fault”. Mrs. Hale also wrote a series of essays about habits which are very interesting.

Beautiful Girlhood was published in the early nineteen hundreds by Warner Press, Anderson, Indiana. After the death of Mrs. Hale the book was republished by Church of Christ, Mennonite with permission from the previous publisher and Mrs. Hale’s daughter. Mrs. Karen Andreola  revised Beautiful Girlhood and it was then published by Great Expectations Book Company in 1993. The Beautiful Girlhood I read was published by Barbour Publishing Inc. in 2001. The book was unrevised and as far as I know, true to the original publication.

In this book, Mrs. Hale seeks to impart wisdom to young girls just passing from childhood to womanhood in that time called girlhood, however I believe that a anyone passed girlhood could still gain much wisdom from the reading of this book. Topics include: “Friendships”, “Making Friends of Books”, “The Strength of Obedience”, “A Pure Heart”, “The Waking of the Love Nature”, “A Christian”, “The Beauty of Truthfulness” and many more.

This is a very good book and is written from a Christian perspective. However, I do not agree with the authors view of a woman with a career outside the home. She promoted it as a good thing, whereas I strongly believe that the Bible calls women to be Keepers at Home. In “Choosing A Lifework” Mrs. Hale suggests and promotes various careers for women, though to do her credit I must mention that she does advocate homemaking as a worthy “lifework”.

I would recommend this book to girls who are about 13 years of age and older.

Rebekah ~ The Lord’s Daughter

good review

Note left by SuperAngel on Oct. 13, 2007 at 5:33 PM - Link

i have that book, but haven't read it yet.
RYC:
Sorry I haven't commented. I took a little trip. Come read where!!
Yeah that is what I was thinking too. Jesus paid for us with blood.
I know AZ is far away.My friend Jenna lives in Peoria and she is so wanting to come,but can't either. I wish you could tho!!
Love,
Amanda

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Note left by Jocelyndixon on Oct. 13, 2007 at 11:29 PM - Link

Hello! Sorry, I am late in replying back... we took a short trip to TN so I was unable to comment!

Anyway, thanks for stopping by and commenting!
And, yes a chin-up on a tree branch! LOL When we visit and there is a tree nearby, I will do a chin-up for you. ; )

Ah, no, you're not slow on the ebook thing... I haven't even finished putting the gloss on the wood. My dad has been home so we've been doing other things. Plus it's hard to do anything around here with all these Littles... they mess up everything and require a great deal of watching!

Love,
Jocelyn

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Note left by recipesandcrafts4YL on Oct. 22, 2007 at 4:42 PM - Link

I absolutely love that book. It feels like it was written just for me.

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God bless and have a good day.

Arya

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Note left by Samantha on Nov. 30, 2007 at 7:26 PM - Link

We had this book but we loaned it to a friend and it came back ruined!!!! I don't remember much of it though. I should look for it at the library. Can't wait to read it again!

In CHRIST Alone,
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Samantha
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