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Schoolgirls

Young Women, Self-Esteem, and the Confidence Gap

by Peggy Orenstein

ISBN: 0385425767
ISBN-13: 9780385425766
Format: Paperback

Summary

A "New York Times" notable book of the year about the many hidden ways adolescent girls are still being programmed to have reduced expectations of life, and lower self-esteem than boys.

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"'School Girls' is a fascinating book. Hopefully, it will be read by the right people-parents and educators who could change the experience of young girls in the future."

   -- Los Angeles Times Book Review

"'School Girls' is a valuable glimpse of reality. This important book should be read by parents raising children of all ages and of both sexes."    -- David Halberstam

   -- New York Times Book Review

"This book is to young girls what 'Black Beauty' is to horses, what Upton Sinclair's 'The Jungle' was to the processing of meat. To read 'School Girls' is to remember-how reluctantly!-what it meant to be a girl in junior high."    -- Carolyn See

   -- Washington Post

Bibliographic Details

Publisher: Random House Inc
Published date: 1995
Size: 5.25 x 8.25 inches
Weight: 0.7 pounds
Pages: 335

Publisher's Notes

"This important book should be read by parents raising children of all ages and of both sexes." -- New York Times Book Review. "This book is to young girls what Black Beauty is to horses, what Upton Sinclairs The Jungle was to the processing of meat. To read School Girls is to remember -- how reluctantly! -- what it means to be a girl in junior high." -- Carolyn See, Washington Post Book World. "Orensteins study should be required reading for all American teachers. And students. And everyone else. [grade] A." -- Entertainment Weekly. "School Girls is a fascinating book. Hopefully it will be read by the right people -- parents and educators who could change the experience of young girls in the future." -- Los Angeles Times Book Review. "School Girls cautions those of us who educate and mold young people to wake up and see the social and intellectual consequences of simply letting girls be girls and boys be boys.'" -- New York Newsday.

Other Editions

Hardcover - Bantam Dell Pub Group (1994) - from $1.00
Paperback - Random House Inc (1995) - from $1.00

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