Smart Girls

by Kerr, Barbara A.

• ISBN13: 9780910707268
• ISBN10: 091070726X
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-07-01
• Publisher: Great Potential Pr Inc

Summary

Why do gifted and talented girls so often fail to realize their potential as they reach adolescence and adulthood? This outstanding book summarizes research on gifted girls, presents biographies of eminent women and examines the current educational and family milieu. From this, Dr. Kerr gives practical advice to parents, teachers and policy-makers about ways to help gifted girls reach their potential. Bright women who read this book will see themselves and their issues and will find it very helpful. This is the third edition of Dr. Kerr's powerful book.

Table of Contents

Foreword	v
Chapter 1 -- The Leaders of Tomorrow: A Retelling	1	(12)
Chapter 2 -- Looking for the Leaders of Tomorrow	13	(20)
Chapter 3 -- Twenty Years After	33	(14)
Chapter 4 -- Eminent Women	47	(46)
Chapter 5 -- Major Works and What They Tell Us	93	(16)
Chapter 6 -- Bright Beginnings: The Gifted Girl	109	(8)
Chapter 7 -- The Adolescence of the Gifted Girl	117	(12)
Chapter 8 -- Gifted College Women	129	(8)
Chapter 9 -- The Gifted Woman	137	(16)
Chapter 10 -- Barriers to Achievement	153	(22)
Chapter 11 -- Gifted Minority Girls and Women	175	(10)
Chapter 12 -- Girls and Women with Specific Extraordinary Talents	185	(12)
Chapter 13 -- Is Self-Actualization Optional?	197	(12)
Chapter 14 -- Programs Which Have Stood the Test of Time	209	(14)
Chapter 15 -- Guiding Gifted Girls	223	(10)
Chapter 16 -- Conclusion	233	(8)
Appendix -- Questions & Answers	241	(16)
Index	257