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The good girls revolt

how the women of Newsweek sued their bosses and changed the workplace
2012
Examines the women's revolt of the 1960s at Newsweek magazine and its impact on the feminist movement.

Jo's girls

tomboy tales of high adventure, true grit, and real life
1997
An anthology of forty fiction stories, novel excerpts, and memoirs about tomboys, written by a variety of women authors including Willa Cather, Toni Morrison, Ursula Le Guin, and Annie Dillard.

Girls seen and heard

52 life lessons for our daughters
1998
Offers fifty-two interactive life lessons designed to help girls feel valued for their talents, personalities, and abilities, in order to heighten their aspirations and reach their full potential.

Gender shock

exploding the myths of male and female
1997
Examines three major aspects of gender: behavior, appearance, and science and argues that the traditional roles assigned to males and females by society are not necessarily indicative of their sexuality.

Wage-earning women

industrial work and family life in the United States, 1900-1930
1979
Discusses the inequities of the working world for women between 1900 and 1930.

The beauty myth

how images of beauty are used against women
1992
Chronicles the history of the beauty myth and reveals its newly sophisticated function at home and at work.

My life as a blundering ballerina

1997
At the suggestion of their speech teacher, Wally and his good friend Wall Street agree to switch places for three days to prove whether boys or girls are better.

Tough Eddie

1989
Although Eddie appears to be a tough kid, he also plays with a dollhouse, a secret he feels he cannot reveal even to his closest friends.

Frida Maria

a story of the Old Southwest
1994
Because she does not sew, cook, or dance like a "proper senorita," Frida cannot please her mother until she saves the day at the fiesta with her special talent.

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