Book Suggestions For Young Women

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oneself. Studies conducted by organizations like the American Association of University Women (AAUW) show that many girls are unintentionally short-changed in the classroom. Many parents and teachers do not spend as much attention on their education and development as boys. To compound the problem, girls learn from an early age not to "behave like good girls," to avoid asserting themselves as much, either in the classroom or on the schoolyard.
The books The Best of Girls to the Rescue by Bruce Lansky and Girl Got Game by Sue Macy can help young girls understand that assertiveness, confidence and intelligence are not unfeminine. In The Best of Girls to the Rescue, Lansky assembles a collection of 25 short stories and rewritten folk tales, where the damsel in distress saves herself through a combination of courage and wit. Furthermore, the Lansky book can act as a springboard to the other five Girls to the Rescue series.
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World by Catherine Gourley and Camela Decaire provides girls today a historical perspective of how girls before them had lived through a difficult time. The account is both inspiring and an interesting way to learn history. This volume on World War II was specifically chosen because many girls will have grandparents who have lived through those turbulent years. The book thus provides girls a chance to read the book and perhaps hear similar stories firsthand.
After learning about their own strengths, a young girl growing up today should also learn about her commonalities with the rest of the world. The book Children Like Me by Elizabeth Copsey et al is an excellent step towards ...

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