The Essential Daughter: Changing Expectations for Girls at Home, 1797 to the Present

by Mary Collins

By age nine, Mary Ellen could start a fire and make breakfast for her family on the Great Plains as they traveled West. By age 11, Connie's family had her hanging the laundry and doing the dishes for a dozen people. By age 13, Beverly had no responsibilities at home and no confidence in herself. The portraits of 14 girls aged 6 to 14, when their ideas of duty and self remained in flux, are used as a starting point for discussion on how to bring...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0275978362
• ISBN13: 9780275978365
• Release Date: November 2002
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.5"