Based on local research, this work examines 19th-century education, family life and employment of working-class girls and women. It also draws on evidence from social, labour and women's history in an analysis of the purpose and practices of girls' education, both public and pri…
The author explores her own conflicting feelings as a mother as she protects her offspring and probes the roots and tendrils of the girlie-girl movement and concludes that parents who think through their values early on and set reasonable limits, encourage dialogue and skepticis…
"For years, Japanese schoolgirls have appeared in hugely-popular anime and manga series such as Dragon Ball, Sailor Moon, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, and Blood: The Last Vampire. These girls are literally showing up everywhere--in movies, magazines, video games, advertisi…
When Rosalind Wiseman first published Queen Bees & Wannabes, she fundamentally changed the way adults look at girls' friendships and conflicts--from how they choose their best friends, how they express their anger, their boundaries with boys, and their relationships with parents…
"Iris Krasnow tackles the toughest relationship in the lives of so many grown women: the mother-daughter bond. Drawing on her own experience with her ailing, but still irrepressible, eighty-five-year-old mother and the collective wisdom of more than a hundred other midlife daugh…
Inspiration and advice for grown-up daughters on making peace with Mom while there's still time-from the bestselling author of Surrendering to Marriage.
"Iris Krasnow tackles the toughest relationship in the lives of so many grown women: the mother-daughter bond. Drawing on her own experience with her ailing, but still irrepressible, eighty-five-year-old mother and the collective wisdom of more than a hundred other midlife daugh…
"Iris Krasnow tackles the toughest relationship in the lives of so many grown women: the mother-daughter bond. Drawing on her own experience with her ailing, but still irrepressible, eighty-five-year-old mother and the collective wisdom of more than a hundred other midlife daugh…
The actress and comedian recounts her Catholic upbringing and her journey from aspiring nun at an all-girls school to bestselling author and talk show host, and offers her personal reflections on faith.
"Debate on the effects of class on educational attainment is well documented and typically centres on the reproductive nature of class whilst studies of the effect of class on educational aspirations also predict outcomes that see education reinforcing and reproducing a student'…
Everybody knows finishing high school and deciding what to do next can be tough, so how do you get through it?. From the author of The girl most likely and Find your tribe (and 9 other things I wish I'd known in high school) comes a practical, humorous, guide for girls to help t…
Everybody knows finishing high school and deciding what to do next can be tough, so how do you get through it?. From the author of The girl most likely and Find your tribe (and 9 other things I wish I'd known in high school) comes a practical, humorous, guide for girls to help t…
