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In this book, we look at the ways current girls and young women are responding to the unprecedented transformation of women’s lives from the traditional roles of earlier times to the still largely uncharted waters of the twenty-first century. We begin with a sketch of the situation.
A Whistling Woman and a Crowing Hen
Is neither good for God nor Men. (Anon: Folkloric rhyme)
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Gill, J., Esson, K., Yuen, R. (2016). Who Are Girls in Current Times and Is There a Problem?. In: A Girl's Education. Palgrave Studies in Gender and Education. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-52487-4_1
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