Century Girl
Century Girl

Author: Lauren Redniss

Publisher: It Books

Published: 2012-01-17

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780062104885

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The Ziegfeld Follies, Florenz Ziegfeld's stage spectaculars, promised the best performers, the most lavish sets, and the most ravishing girls. Doris Eaton Travis was one of these prized beauties–and, at 14, was chosen as the youngest chorus girl in the Follies. "Mine eyes are yet dim with the luminous beauty of a girl named Doris," one Chicago reviewer wrote. Doris Eaton Travis was the last living Ziegfeld girl. In her 106 years, she performed for presidents and princesses, entertained Gershwin, Lindbergh, and Astaire, starred in silent and talking pictures, bantered with Babe Ruth, offended Henry Ford, outlived six siblings, written a newspaper column, hosted a television show, earned a Phi Beta Kappa degree in history, raised turkeys, and raced horses. In 2010, she performed on Broadway, returned home to Detroit and two weeks later peacefully passed away. Century Girl is a visual tour of this extraordinary woman's journey through life.

Zenon
Zenon

Author: Marilyn Sadler

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780689805141

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Because Zenon creates trouble at her space station home somewhere in the Milky Way, her parents send her to her grandparent's farm on Earth to work for the summer.

Twentieth-century Girl
Twentieth-century Girl

Author: Carol Drinkwater

Publisher:

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 201

ISBN-13: 9780439999410

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22 DEcember 1899 Time is marching forward, carrying us over the threshold and pitching us willy nilly, into a new century. The prospect of growing up in that unexplored territory is so thrilling that I fancy, if I close my eyes tight, I can almost see the process taking place! A day slips away like sand in a sand glass and then another day dawns and so we are caught up in this inevitable passage towards 1900. I bought a journal and have begun to transfer all my scribblings of the last few days into it. I shall call it 'Twentieth Century Girl', for that is what I intend to be!

Stuck on Earth
Stuck on Earth

Author: Marilyn Sadler

Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers

Published: 2012-01-25

Total Pages: 97

ISBN-13: 0307800229

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21st Century #4 Meet Zenon Kar. She’s your typical elementary school kid, except she lives on a space station in 2049! In book #4, Zenon’s teacher, Mr. Peres, leads her fifth-grade class on a very special field trip off of Space Station 9. But when she gets separated from the group, Zenon finds out what it’s like to be stuck on Earth! The Zenon books are written and illustrated by the award-winning husband and wife team who created P.J. Funnybunny and Alistair.

Difficult Dialogues about Twenty-First-Century Girls
Difficult Dialogues about Twenty-First-Century Girls

Author: Donna Marie Johnson

Publisher: SUNY Press

Published: 2015-10-09

Total Pages: 332

ISBN-13: 1438455976

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Introduces new conceptual frameworks for girls’ studies. Presenting cutting-edge research from transnational scholars and activists, Difficult Dialogues about Twenty-First-Century Girls introduces original methodologies and girl-centered program design to the field of girls’ studies. The editors pair progressive girls’ studies research on topics such as differential privilege, voice, cultural values, and access to material resources, with provocative questions in order to further the thinking about issues that are often marginalized or overlooked in feminist domains. In addition, the book serves as a manual for educators and activists, designed to promote critical discussions that are accessible and includes a final dialogue with contemporary scholars about their work and the current direction of the field.

Smart Girls in the 21st Century
Smart Girls in the 21st Century

Author: Barbara Kerr, Ph.D.

Publisher: SCB Distributors

Published: 2020-11-01

Total Pages: 436

ISBN-13: 1935067389

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Drs. Barbara Kerr and Robyn McKay tackle what it means to live with, work with, and be a modern smart girl. Through their keen insights and academic research of real girls and women, they offer valuable information and advice on giftedness, achievement, self-actualization, and more. They examine bright girls' development, types of intelligence, differences in generations, eminent women, barriers to achievement, education & growing talent, adolescence & college, gifted minority girls & women, twice-exceptionalism, and career guidance.

Future Girl
Future Girl

Author: Anita Harris

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2004-03

Total Pages: 243

ISBN-13: 1135938725

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Anita Harris creates a realistic portrait of the "new girl" that has appeared in the twenty-first century--she may still play with Barbie, but she is also likely to play soccer or basketball, be assertive and may even be sexually aware, if not active. Building on this new definition, Harris explores the many key areas central to the lives of girls from a global perspective, such as girlspace, schools, work, aggression, sexuality and power.