Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ515795
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Publication Date: 1995
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Choosing Books for Today's Women.
Maples, Mary Louise; Newman, Betty Dean
ALAN Review, v23 n1 p24-27 Fall 1995
Argues that adolescent females need role models who successfully meet the challenges of taking care of themselves. Discusses 12 books for adolescent readers, written by Lynn Hall, Vera and Bill Cleaver, and Cynthia Voigt, which portray young women as independent, self-reliant people with inner strength and the ability to make decisions and solve problems. (SR)
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Adolescents, Females, Feminism, Novels, Role Models, Secondary Education
Publication Type: Reference Materials - Bibliographies; Opinion Papers; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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