Girls: a History of Growing Up Female in America

by Colman, Penny

• ISBN13: 9780590371308
• ISBN10: 0590371304
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-02-01
• Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks

Summary

Virginia Reed is one of many girls who give eyewitness accounts of and recall reactions to the important moments in U.S. history. You will read the words of many girls-Native American, slave, immigrant, pioneer, rich, middle-class, and poor. Theirs are stories from the wilderness and from the cities, stories from the fields and from the factories. Girls: A History of Growing Up Female in America is a remarkable history that highlights girls' spirit, will, courage, and contributions. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Penny Colman is a widely published author of books, essays, stories, and articles. She is an educator, a lecturer, and a consultant

Table of Contents

Author's Note	9	(8)
``It's a Girl!'': Understanding Gender	17	(6)
By Land and By Sea: How Girls Came to America	23	(10)
In Their Mothers' Footsteps: Girls in the Early Colonial Period	33	(16)
New Ideas: Girls in the Late Colonial Period	49	(14)
Making Demands: Girls in the Early Nineteenth Century	63	(16)
Diverse Lives: Girls in the Mid-Nineteenth Century	79	(26)
New Opportunities: Girls in the Late Nineteenth Century	105	(18)
``Prize It!'': Girls in the Early Twentieth Century	123	(20)
Changes and Challenges: Girls in the Mid-Twentieth Century	143	(22)
Unprecedented Possibilities: Girls Approaching the Millennium	165	(20)
Selected Sources for Further Reading	185	(3)
Index	188