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Tables of Contents for Girls
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Author's Note
9
8
``It's a Girl!'': Understanding Gender
17
6
By Land and By Sea: How Girls Came to America
23
10
In Their Mothers' Footsteps: Girls in the Early Colonial Period
33
16
New Ideas: Girls in the Late Colonial Period
49
14
Making Demands: Girls in the Early Nineteenth Century
63
16
Diverse Lives: Girls in the Mid-Nineteenth Century
79
26
New Opportunities: Girls in the Late Nineteenth Century
105
18
``Prize It!'': Girls in the Early Twentieth Century
123
20
Changes and Challenges: Girls in the Mid-Twentieth Century
143
22
Unprecedented Possibilities: Girls Approaching the Millennium
165
20
Selected Sources for Further Reading
185
3
Index
188