In 1911 Florence rides in a Model T her dad buys from a door-to-door car salesman. Julia climbs trees in a skirt and bloomers. Victoria goes to Woodstock at 12. Terri Ann flees Saigon with her Vietnamese mother and American GI father. In Michigan, Aalaa wakes up to a new world on 9/11. Over fifty girls under 13 years old give a unique look at a century of life in fascinating personal narratives for each decade. Born between 1907 and 2001, the girls are from every region of the country and they're a diversity of races and classes. A brief history of each decade with attention to influences on young girls' lives and fun highlights from popular culture introduce the chapters. It's a century of changing social codes and lifestyles, life-altering discoveries and inventions, new forms of entertainment, from wind-up phonographs to computer games. Family life, education, and daily concerns transform in this century of challenges and discoveries, devotions and losses, privileges and prejudices. Whatever your age or gender, you'll learn about yourself, your children, your mothers and grandmothers. It's history in motion, powered by the personal. Are you in a book group? Do you teach or study women's history, pop culture, or American history? Discussion Questions at the end of the book are the perfect prompt for fascinating discussions.

100 Years In The Life Of An American Girl: True Stories 1910 - 2010

SUZANNE

SHERMAN

SZS Publishing

<p>Girlhood in America showcases American culture through a rare perspective, with over fifty short personal stories by women and girls detailing events from life under age 13 in every decade of 100 years. Chapter by chapter, in first-person narratives women and girls from around the country showcase ten decades give an unprecedented look at American culture and women’s culture. From life-altering inventions like the Model T Florence’s father buys from a door-to-door car salesman in 1911 to the visit a girl makes at 12 to Woodstock in 1969, the book is a revealing look inside what’s universal and what defines a decade. Racism repeats itself, families take new shape, as young girls help create American culture in the 21st century. This is history in motion—entertaining, eye-opening, educational—a true story of America told in the truest of voices. Pop culture highlights open every decade/chapter, with the entry of the yo-yo and so much more. Have fun time-traveling!</p>

Girlhood in America: Personal Stories 1910 - 2010

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Sherman, Suzanne

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