ISBN:
9781538120897
Language:
English
Pages:
xviii, 268 Seiten
,
Illustrationen
Series Statement:
AASLH exploring America's historic treasures
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Remer, Ashley Exploring American girlhood through 50 historic treasures
DDC:
305.230820973
Keywords:
Girls History
;
United States Social life and customs
;
USA
;
Mädchen
Abstract:
Xaasaa Na' (Upward Sun River), Alaska -- Hā'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 -- 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 -- 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 -- 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 -- "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 -- Photograph of Princess Kai'ulani -- "Indian Girls dressed for a ball game" -- "Sadie Pfeifer" by Lewis Hines -- Dormitory at Angel Island, California -- 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 -- 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 -- 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 -- 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.
Abstract:
"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"--
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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