In a scathing indictment of America’s youth, Dr. Lillian Welsh, a prominent physician and educator, lambasted the nation’s young women for their physical inadequacy, particularly in the wake of World War I. Speaking at Westhampton College in Richmond, Virginia, on May 1, 1919, Dr. Welsh, a graduate of the Women’s Medical College of Philadelphia and the University of Zurich, laid bare the disturbing truth about the physical fitness of America’s females. ‘I have yet to find one perfect physical specimen of a girl entering college,’ she declared, her words a stark rebuke to the nation’s young women.
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Key Facts
- State: Virginia
- Category: Sex Crimes
- Era: Historical
- Source: Library of Congress — Chronicling America ↗
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