"In this engaging and eloquent history, Ruby Lal traces the coming of age of nineteenth-century Indian women through a critique of narratives of linear transition from girlhood to womanhood. In the north Indian patriarchal environment, women's lives were dominated by the expecta…
Onderzoek naar veranderende ideeën en ervaringen van jongeren. Aandacht voor kindermishandeling, seksualiteit en opvoeding.
Addressing issues which overlap between feminism, sociology and cultural studies, this book explores changing ideas and experiences of youth in contemporary society.
Leila Ahmed grew up in Cairo in the 1940s and '50s in a family that was eagerly and passionately political. Although many in the Egyptian upper classes were firmly opposed to change, the Ahmeds were proud supporters of independence. But when the Revolution arrived, the family's …
Leila Ahmed grew up in Cairo in the 1940s and '50s in a family that was eagerly and passionately political. Although many in the Egyptian upper classes were firmly opposed to change, the Ahmeds were proud supporters of independence. But when the Revolution arrived, the family's …
The new edition of Girls, Delinquency, and Juvenile Justice combines cutting-edge research and expanded coverage of girls' delinquency, including coverage of girls in gangs and the sexual trafficking of girls, to provide students with an accessible, up-to-date, and globally orie…
This dictionary is a concise reference tool for examining significant events, ideas, movements, insitutions and people concerned with the history of women's education in the United States of America, from the colonial period to the present. More an encyclopedia then a dictionary…
The history of women's education in the United States presents a continuous effort to move from the periphery to the mainstream, and this book examines both formal institutions and informal opportunities for girls and women. Not only were women long prevented from receiving an e…
The history of women's education in the United States presents a continuous effort to move from the periphery to the mainstream, and this book examines both formal institutions and informal opportunities for girls and women. Not only were women long prevented from receiving an e…
On the way to womanhood, what does a girl give up? For five years, Lyn Mikel Brown and Carol Gilligan, asking this question, listened to one hundred girls who were negotiating the rough terrain of adolescence. This book invites us to listen, too, and to hear in these girls' voic…
"The information technology revolution is transforming almost every aspect of society, but girls and women are largely out of the loop. Although women surf the Web in equal numbers to men and make the majority of online purchases, few are involved in the design and creation of n…
Unlocking the clubhouse: women in computing
by Margolis, Jane, Fisher, Allan
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"The information technology revolution is transforming almost every aspect of society, but girls and women are largely out of the loop. Although women surf the Web in equal numbers to men and make the majority of online purchases, few are involved in the design and creation of n…
Selectie uit de dagboeken van vrouwen en meisjes uit Minnesota, Iowa en Wisconsin tussen 1837 en 1999.
"... 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.