After staying three weeks at Dansville, the Whites continued on their trip east which extended through September, October, and early November. They did not, as portrayed in Prophetess of Health, head “home to Battle Creek brimming with enthusiasm for sitz baths, short skirts, and Graham mush.” CBPH 57.10
When they returned to Battle Creek in November, Mrs. White and her husband launched into the preparation of the Health; or How to Live pamphlets and her work on the reform dress she hoped to develop was delayed. The reform dress is discussed in Chapter Six of this critique. CBPH 57.11