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United Sisters: Books and Articles

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Abner, Allison. Finding Our Way: The Teen Girls' Survival Guide. New York: HarperPerennial, 1995.

Barbieri, Maureen. Sounds From the Heart: Learning to Listen to Girls. Portsmouth, N.H.: Heinemann Books, 1995.

Bauer, Marion Dane. Am I Blue? Coming Out From the Silence. NY, NY: Harper Trophy, 1994.

Bingham, Mindy and Sandy Stryker. Things Will Be Different for My Daughter: A Practical Guide to Building Her Self-Esteem and Self-Reliance. New York, NY: Penguin Books, 1995.

Bolden, Tonya. 33 Things Every Girl Should Know. NY: Crown Publishers, 1998.

Brooks, Susan M. Any Girl Can Rule the World. Minneapolis, MN: Fairview Press, 1998.

Brown, Lyn Mikel and Carol Gilligan. Meeting at the Crossroads: Women's Psychology and Girls' Development. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1992.

Brumberg, Joan Jacobs. The Body Project: An Intimate History of American Girls. New York, NY: Random House, 1997.

Carlip, Hillary. Girl Power. New York, NY: Harner Books, 1995.

Chesney-Lind, Meda, et al. Girls, Delinquency, and Juvenile Justice. Pacific Grove, CA: Cole Pub. Co., 1992.

Chevat, Edith, ed. Girls: An Anthology. New York: Global City Press, 1997.

Cordes, Helen. Girl Power: Your Body, Your Self. Minneapolis, MN: Lerner Publishing Group, 1997.

Crosbie, Lynn. The Girl Wants To: Women's Representation of Sex & the Body. Buffalo, NY: General Distribution Services, Inc., 1997.

Debold, Elizabeth, and Marie Wilson, and Idelisse Malave. Mother Daughter Revolution. Reeding, MA: Addison Wesley, 1993.

Dee, Catherine. The Girl's Guide to Life: How You Can Make the World a Great Place for Girls. Denver, CO: Little, 1997.

Dee, Catherine. The Girls' Guide to Life: How to Take Charge of the Issues that Affect You. Boston, MA: Little, Brown & Co., 1997

Dodson, Shireen. The Mother-Daughter Book Club. New York, NY: HarperPerennial, 1997.

Dunwell, Anna. Creating a Coming of Age Ceremony for Your Teenage Girl. Atlanta, GA: Spiral, 1997.

Elium, Jeanne and Don Elium. Raising a Daughter: Parents and the Awakening of a Healthy Woman. Berkeley, CA: Celestial Arts, 1994.

Ellis, Patty. Girl Power: Making Choices & Taking control. Troy, MI: Momentum Books, 1994.

Elkind, David. All Grown Up and No Place to Go: Teenagers in Crisis. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley, 1998.

Finders, Margaret J. Just Girls: Hidden Literacies and Life In Junior High. New York, NY: Columbia University, Teachers' College Press, 1996.

Foster, Sallie. The One Girl in Ten: Self Portrait of the Teen-Age Mother. Washington: Child Welfare League of America, 1988.

Gilligan, Carol. In a Different Voice. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1993.

Gilligan, Carol, et al. Women, Girls, and Psychotherapy: Reframing Resistance. New York: Harrington Park Press, 1991.

Godfrey, Joline. No More Frogs to Kiss: 99 Ways to Give Economic Power to Girls. New York, NY: HarperCollins, 1995.

Hansen, Lorraine Sundal. Growing Smart: What's Working for Girls In School. Washington, DC: The Foundation., 1995.

Johnston, Andrea. Girls Speak Out: Finding Your True Self. NY: Scholastice Press, 1997.

Jukes, Mavis. It's a Girl Thing: How to Stay Healthy, Safe, and in Charge. New York: Knopf, 1996.

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Karnes, Frances A, and Suzanne M. Bear. Girls and Young Women: Leading the Way. Minneapolis, MN: Free Spirit, 1993.

Lee, Sharice A. The Survivor's Guide. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 1995.

Madaras, Lynda. What's Happening to My Body?. New York: Newmarket Press, 1988.

Matusak, Larraine A. Finding Your Voice: Learning to Lead. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, 1997.

Mann, Judy. The Difference: Discovering the Hidden Ways We Silence Girls: Finding Alternatives That Can Give Them Voice. New York, NY: Warner Books, 1994.

Morrison, Toni, ed. Race-ing Justice, En-gendering Power; Essays on Anita Hill, Clarence Thomas, and the Construction of Social Reality. New York: Pantheon Books, 1992.

Nelson, Mariah Burton. Are We Winning Yet?: How Women Are Changing Sports and- Sports Are Changing Women. New York: Random House, 1991.

Orenstein, Peggy. Schoolgirls: Young Women, Self-Esteem , and the Confidence Gap. New York, NY: Doubleday, 1991.

Pipher, Mary Bray. Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls. New York: Putnam, 1994.

Sadker, Myra. Now Upon a Time: A Contemporary View of Children's Literature. New York, NY: Harper & Row, 1977.

Sadker, Myra and David Sadker. Failing at Fairness: How Our Schools Cheat Girls. New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, 1993.

Sikes, Gini. 8 Ball Chicks: A Year in the Violent World of Girl Gangsters. New York: Anchor Books, 1997.

Taylor, Jill McLean, et al. Between Voice and Silence: Women and Girls, Race and- Relationship. Cambridge, MA: Havard University Press, 1995.

Whaley, Liz. Weaving in the Women: Transforming the High School English Curriculum. Portsmouth, NH: Boynton/Cook, 1993.

Who Says Girls Can't? The Girls Guide to Women's Issues. Denver, CO: Little, 1997.

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