At last! A book that empowers girls to take an active role in shaping their own lives as well as improving prospects for girls and women everywhere. With this lively, accessible handbook, girls will learn how to organize a "girlcott" against a company whose policies or products are offensive or unfair to girls and women, start a math or science club for girls, confront sexual harassment, challenge gender stereotyping in textbooks and in the classroom, and much more, including:
-- The secret of self-esteem
-- The new score on girls and sports
-- The myths about math
-- Plus quizzes, poems, real-life stories, female firsts, and more than 100 other fun activities, ideas, and resources

With contributions from such well-respected women as activist-writer Gloria Steinem, poet Maya Angelou, former Texas governor Ann Richards, and author Marie G. Lee, The Girls' Guide to Life is an invaluable guide that belongs on every girl's and girls' group bookshelf.

 

This book is aimed at children in secondary school.

There are 147 pages in this book. This book was published 1997 by Time Warner International .

Stuart J. Murphy is a visual learning specialist. A graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design, he has a strong background in design and art direction. He also has extensive experience in the world of educational publishing. Drawing on all these talents, Stuart J. Murphy brings a unique perspective to the MathStart series. In MathStart books, pictures do more than tell stories; they teach math. Stuart J. Murphy and his wife, Nancy, live in Boston. Cynthia Jabar lives on a small island off the coast of Maine where she loves to paint, to kayak, and to illustrate books for children. Other books she's illustrated include The Greatest Gymnast of All by Stuart J. Murphy and Mommies are for Counting Stars by Harriet Ziefert. She doesn't love washing her car or the dishes!