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
  • 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
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