33 Things Every Girl Should Know about Women's History: from Suffragettes to Skirt Legends to the E.R.A.(Book Review)

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From: Women in Action
Date: 20021201
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The impressive, chronologically organised 33 Things Every Girl Should Know About Women's History: From Suffragettes to Shirt Lengths to the E.R.A. begins with Abigail Adam's 1776 letter to her husband, "Remember the Ladies," proceeds to Charlotte Perkins Gilman's groundbreaking "The Yellow Wallpaper" (excerpted) and then to thoughtful reflections on other leading women, such as Patricia McKissack's fictional essay, narrated by Charlotte Woodward.

The book contains 33 chapters each on a different aspect of woman's history. For example, there is a ...

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