Exploring American Girlhood Through 50 Historic Treasures

This full-color book is a must-read for those who yearn for more balanced representation in historic narratives, as well as an inspiration to young people, showing them that everyone makes history. It includes color photographs of all the treasured objects explored.

Sommario

List of Figures
Preface: Why Girls?
Timeline
Acknowledgements
Introduction: Finding Girls in American History
PART I
9500 BCE to 1590s CE - In Search of 'Home'

Xaasaa Na' (Upward Sun River), Alaska

H¿'ena State Park, Kaua'i, Hawai'i

Mound 72, Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site, Collinsville, Illinois

"The Display with Which a Queen Elect is Brought to the King"

Virginia Dare Monument, Roanoke, North Carolina

PART II
1600 to 1760s - Her and Me: Otherness in the New World

Pocahontas Statue, Jamestown, Virginia

Samuel Parris Archaeological Site, Danvers, Massachusetts

Mary Wright's Sampler

Mary Jemison Statue, Letchworth State Park, New York

Phillis Wheatley Statue, Boston, Massachusetts

PART III
1770s to 1840s - Becoming "American"

Anna Greene Winslow's Diary

Sybil Ludington Statue, Carmel, New York

Sacajawea Statue, Salmon, Idaho

Bill of Sale for a Girl Named Clary and Runaway Advertisement for Harriet Tubman

Pantaloons

Patty Reed's Doll

PART IV
1850s to 1860s - Reckoning

Lime Rock Light House, Newport, Rhode Island

Belle Boyd House, Martinsburg, West Virginia

Reminiscences of My Life in Camp by Susie King Taylor

"Vinnie Ream at Work"

Poems and Translations by Emma Lazarus

PART V
1870s to 1910s - Hope

"Group in Bathing Costumes" by Alice Austen

Water Pump at Ivy Green, Alabama

Statue of Annie Moore, Ellis Island, New York

Portrait of Georgia Rooks Dwelle

PART VI
1870s to 1910s - Strife

Photograph of Princess Kai'ulani

"Indian Girls dressed for a ball game"

"Sadie Pfeifer" by Lewis Hines

Dormitory at Angel Island, California

PART VII
1910s to 1940s - Becoming "Modern" American Girls

Girl Scout Pledge Card

Paper Doll of Clara Bow

Cashay Sanitary Puffs

"Stand Up and Cheer" Dress worn by Shirley Temple

"Jumping Rope on Sidewalk" by Edwin Rosskam

PART VIII
1940s to 1950s - Voices

Elizabeth Kikuchi's Letter to Clara Breed

Seventeen Magazine

Patty-Jo Doll

Monument to the Westminster Case Children, Westminster, California

Transportation Token from Montgomery, Alabama

Barbie Teen-Age Fashion Model

PART IX
1960s to 1970s - Revolutions

"Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?" by The Shirelles

Kachina Doll

Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret by Judy Blume

Mary Beth Tinker's Black Armband

"Peggy Oki" by Pat Darrin

PART X
1980s to Present - Girl Power

Selena Quintanilla Memorial, Corpus Christi, Texas

Dominique Dawes's Leotard

Rookie Yearbook One

GoldieBlox and the Spinning Machine

Letter by Anna Lee Rain Yellowhammer and Photograph of Mari Copeny

Afterword: The Future of American Girlhood
Selected Bibliography
Index
About the Authors

Info autore

By Ashley E. Remer and Tiffany R. Isselhardt

Riassunto

This full-color book is a must-read for those who yearn for more balanced representation in historic narratives, as well as an inspiration to young people, showing them that everyone makes history. It includes color photographs of all the treasured objects explored.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Tiffany R Isselhardt, Tiffany R. Isselhardt, Ashley E Remer, Ashley E. Remer, Ashley E. Isselhardt Remer
• Editore: Rowman and Littlefield
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 31.08.2020
• EAN: 9781538120897
• ISBN: 978-1-5381-2089-7
• Pagine: 288
• Serie: AASLH Exploring America's Historic Treasures; Aaslh Exploring America's Hist
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Arte > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; USA, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, ART / Museum Studies, HISTORY / United States / General, United States of America, USA, Gender studies: women, History of the Americas, Gender studies: women & girls, Museology & heritage studies