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Girls: A History of Growing Up Female in America

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Penny Colman

Girls: A History of Growing Up Female in America

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"Girls: A History of Growing Up Female in America" chronicles the stirring stories of American girls - often in their own words - and highlights their spirit, their courage, and their contributions. Girls from all regions of America and from all walks of life are given a collective voice in this true story of girls' everyday trials and triumphs. There are little-known stories from the wilderness and the cities, from the fields and the factories, told by girls of different races, ethnicities, religions, and social classes, by girls with heartaches and girls with dreams. For all girls, from the first girls who walked across the Bering Strait to girls of the twenty-first century, growing up female has meant a combination of joy and sorrow, prejudice and privilege, fitting in and breaking molds, and struggle and acceptance. Penny Colman has dug deep into historical records and photographs, diaries, letters, memories, and advice books to glean the words and images of girls from pre-Colonial times to the present. The story of growing up female in America is the sum of many girls' stories - Native American, slave, immigrant, pioneer, rich, middle-class, and working-class. The 2016 ebook is an updated edition of the bestselling, award-winning book by the same title. Contents: Chapter 1: "It's a Girl!": Understanding Gender; Chapter 2: By Land and By Sea: How Girls Came to America; Chapter 3: In Their Mothers' Footsteps: Girls in the Early Colonial Period; Chapter 4: New Ideas: Girls in the Late Colonial Period; Chapter 5: Making Demands: Girls in the Early Nineteenth Century; Chapter 6: Diverse Lives: Girls in the Mid-Nineteenth Century; Chapter 7: New Opportunities: Girls in the Late Nineteenth Century; Chapter 8: "Prize It!" Girls in the Early Twentieth Century; Chapter 9: Changes and Challenges: Girls in the Mid-Twentieth Century; Chapter 10: Unprecedented Possibilities: Girls in the Late Twentieth Century and Beyond; Chronology; 25 Images; Statues of Girls; Selected Sources for Information and Activism; Source Notes; Selected Bibliography and Webliography; Photo Credits; Text Credits; Acknowledgments: About the Author.
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