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for Schoolgirls: Young Women, Self-Esteem and the Confidence Gap
“This important book should be read by parents raising children of all ages and both sexes.”
—David Halberstam, New York Times Book Review, September 11, 1994 (read the full text)
“This book is to young girls what ‘Black Beauty’ is to horses, what Upton Sinclair’s ‘The Jungle’ was to the processing of meat. To read ‘Schoolgirls’ is to remember — how reluctantly! — what it means to be a girl in junior high.”
—Carolyn See, Washington Post Book World, September 2, 1994 (read the full text)
“An intimate and provocative glimpse into the lives of adolescent schoolgirls at two west coast middle schools”
—Kirkus Reviews, July 1, 1994 (read the full text)
Children Are Alone: An Adaptation of Schoolgirls
—The New York Times Magazine, July 24, 1994 (read the full text)
The Secrets Of Young Girls: Writer Spends a School Year Learning Why Self-Esteem Falls
—Jerry Carroll, The San Francisco Chronicle, August 31, 1994 (read the full text)
“The strength of Orenstein’s book lies in the fact that she observes it all with fresh eyes.”
—Kay Miller, Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN), September 22, 1994 (read the full text)
“Orenstein followed girls to homes where parents had different standards of behavior and personal freedom for their sons and daughters that generally fell along these lines: Boys will be boys—but girls have to be perfect.”
—Elinor J. Brecher, Miami Herald, September 30, 1994 (read the full text)