Girls: A History of Growing Up Female in America
Penny Colman
- "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
- will,
- their
- courage,
- and
- their
- contributions.
- Girls
- from
- all
- regions
- of
- this
- country
- and
- from
- all
- walks
- of
- life
- are
- given
- a
- collective
- voice
- in
- this
- true
- story
- of
- girls'
- everyday
- trials
- and
- triumphs.
- There
- are
- stirring
- stories
- from
- the
- wilderness
- and
- the
- cities,
- from
- the
- fields
- and
- the
- factories,
- told
- by
- girls
- of
- different
- races,
- ethnicities,
- religions,
- and
- 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.Extensive
- backmatter:
- Images,
- Chronology,
- Statues
- of
- Girls,
- Sources
- for
- Information
- and
- Activism,
- Source
- Notes,
- Bibliography/Webliography.
- The
- 2016
- ebook
- is
- a
- revised
- edition
- of
- the
- bestselling,
- award-winning
- book
- "Girls:
- A
- History
- of
- Growing
- Up
- Female
- in
- America"
- (Scholastic,
- 2000).
- "Smartly
- written
- and
- accessible"
- Entertainment
- Weekly
- "A
- fascinating
- look
- at
- a
- seldom-studied
- topic."
- School
- Library
- Journal
- "Colman
- has
- done
- all
- girlhood
- a
- great
- service
- with
- these
- amazing
- stories." KidsReads
