"... Captures and preserves the diverse lives of forty-seven girls and women who lived in Minnesota, Iowa, and Wisconsin between 1837 and 1999."--back cover.
Girls -- United States -- Diaries., Women -- United States -- Diaries., American diaries.
Icy is only 10 years old the first time the sudden itching, the pressure squeezing her skull, and the "little invisible rubber bands" attached to her eyelids that indicate symptoms of Tourette's syndrome happens. She doesn't have a name for these unsettling impulses, but wheneve…
Girls used to be second-class citizens. Today they are coming into their own. Still, girlsʼ lives, their experiences and their roles in the social, cultural, economic and political history of the United States have been widely overlooked. This groundbreaking reference work prese…
Girls used to be second-class citizens. Today they are coming into their own. Still, girlsʼ lives, their experiences and their roles in the social, cultural, economic and political history of the United States have been widely overlooked. This groundbreaking reference work prese…