At the turn of the twentieth century, women actively participated in the construction of new approaches to child-rearing in which children’s development increasingly came to be guided by the contentions of developmental science... Nor were the creative aspects of domestic science confined to children. Reformers promoted physiological ideals of bodily function as means by which one’s own health and well-being could be cultivated and maintained. [note: 'Ina Zweiniger-Bargielowska, Managing the Body: Beauty, Health and Fitness in Britain, 1880–1939 (Oxford, 2010), 136–44.']' (291-292).

'The new sciences of nutrition contributed to the emergence of physiologically informed prescriptions not only on what children but also what their mothers should consume in order to retain and promote bodily health. [note: Zweiniger-Bargielowska, Managing the Body, 136–44.']' (294)

Dog breeding and owning boomed at this time, with ever greater numbers of women becoming involved in dogs as a business as well as a hobby... This new generation brought with them approaches to dog care and management drawn directly from the scientific and domestic culture in which many of them had been immersed. [note: 'Zweiniger-Bargielowska, Managing the Body, 124–36.']' (304)