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Book cover for Margaret Blackstone: Girl Stuff

Girl Stuff : A Survival Guide to Growing Up

Margaret Blackstone
Paperback - $15.95

Now in an updated new edition, a helpful and direct girls' guide to surviving puberty.

Book cover for Karen Blumenthal: Let Me Play

Let Me Play : The Story of Title IX

Karen Blumenthal
Hardcover - $29.95

From a Sibert Honor Award-winning author comes the true story of Title IX, a law passed in 1972 that ensures equal treatment and opportunity for girls in sports and education. Filled with period photos and cartoons, plus anecdotes from the people who ...

Book cover for Tonya Bolden: 33 Things Every Girl Should Know

33 Things Every Girl Should Know : Stories, Songs, Poems, and Smart Talk by 33 Extraordinary Women

Tonya Bolden
Paperback - $21.95

Natalie Merchant. Sigourney Weaver. Tabitha Soren. Wendy Wasserstein. Rebecca Lobo. Lauren Hutton. Anita Roddick. Lynda Barry. These are among the thirty-three extraordinary women who lend their diverse voices to this outstanding collection of storie ...

Book cover for Tonya Bolden: Take-Off

Take-Off : American All-Girl Bands During WWII with CD (Audio)

Tonya Bolden
Hardcover - $30.95

The 1940's was a time when society thought it improper for women to make a sax wail or let loose hot licks on skins, but with the advent of World War II and many men away fighting the war, women finally got their chance to strut their stuff on the ba ...

Book cover for Sherry Bonnice: Drug Therapy and Premenstrual Disorders

Drug Therapy and Premenstrual Disorders

Sherry Bonnice
Paperback - $24.95



Book cover for E. S. Brooks: Historic Girls

Historic Girls : Stories of Girls Who Have Influenced the History of Their Times

E. S. Brooks
Paperback - $24.95

A companion to "Historic Boys", these are the stories of girls--and women--who changed and influenced history with acts of courage and daring. Compiled from stories that appeared in "Saint Nicholas" magazine in 1887.

Book cover for Don Brown: A Voice from the Wilderness

A Voice from the Wilderness : The Story of Anna Howard Shaw

Don Brown
Library Binding - $26.95

American pioneer Anna Howard Shaw survived a grueling journey from Massachusetts to the unexplored woods of Michigan and helped create a settlement in the middle of nowhere during the 19th century. Young Anna taught herself since she had no school in ...

Book cover for Lydia Marie Child: Girl's Own Book

Girl's Own Book

Lydia Marie Child
Paperback - $21.95

Published in 1833, this book of entertainments for young girls is filled with marvelous and enjoyable activities to help young girls build character and have fun.

Book cover for Maria Child: The Girl's Own Book (1834)

The Girl's Own Book (1834)

Maria Child
Paperback - $48.95

'The Girl's Own Book was first published in Boston in 1834. Lydia Maria Child, the book's author, spent the early part of her literary career writing guides for domestic and family life, including this book about nineteenth century childhood. The boo ...

Book cover for Penny Colman: Rosie the Riveter

Rosie the Riveter : Women Working on the Home Front in World War II

Penny Colman
Paperback - $18.95

Now in paperback--the award-winning account of how 18 million women, many of whom had never before held a job, entered the work force in 1942-45 to help the United States fight World War II. Their unprecedented participation would change the course o ...

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