33 things every girl should know about women's history : from suffragettes to skirt lengths to the ERA by Bolden, Tonya, editor; Crown Publishers, publisher instant download

33 things every girl should know about women's history : from suffragettes to skirt lengths to the ERA by Bolden, Tonya, editor; Crown Publishers, publisher instant download

240 pages : 24 cm, Uses poems, essays, letters, photographs and more to present the actions and achievements of women in the United States, from its beginnings up through the twentieth century, Includes index, Past is prologue / Elizabeth Johnson -- Revolutionary petunias bloomed in Early America / Abigail Adams -- Women's declaration / Coline Jenkins-Sahlin -- Girls were once happy for homework / M. Carey Thomas -- The yellow wallpaper / Charlotte Perkins Gilman -- Women once vetoed later voted / Patricia C. McKissack -- Women were in the West / Natasha Tarpley -- U.S. Women are diverse / Suheir Hammad -- Legacy of wise words / Rosalie Maggio -- Landmarks of our lives / Marsha Weinstein -- Don't agonize, organize! / Ann Decker -- What women did before NOW / Shana Corey -- Labor pains have been intense / Sajaja Henderson-Holmes -- In World War II, women got to work / Betsy Kuhn -- Why Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962) still rules / Kathleen Krull -- Representing / Elizabeth Friffith -- Life is sometimes a fashion parade / Ilene Beckerman -- Ladies pages / Norma Johnson -- Beauty can be a beast / Opira Edut -- Girl groups mean girl power / Ann Powers -- Title IX helped level the playing field / Fritz Beshar -- Who was first, and why does it matter / Sue Macy -- Women weren't always in the books / Nancy Gruver -- Time matters / Susan Barber -- Facets of feminism / Paula A Treckel -- Men can be feminists, too / Nomas -- Roll call for crusaders / Fran Ellers -- You can read all about it! / Kathleen Odean -- Women's health matters didn't always matter / Magee Hickey -- Body politics / Anastasia Higginbotham -- Making of a dollardiva (or, how did we get here???!??) / Joline Godfrey -- ERA that's yet to come / Roberta W. Francis -- Herstory of language / Judy Dothard Simmons -- Glossary -- About the contributors -- Acknowledgments -- Picture acknowledgments -- Index, Includes bibliographical references and index