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Peggy Orenstein
Peggy Orenstein is a regular contributor to The New York Times Magazine, and her work has also appeared in many other publications.
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Flux
Written by Peggy Orenstein
Anchor | Trade Paperback | August 2001
$17.95/21.50(Canada) | 978-0-385-49887-6 (0-385-49887-X)
Peggy Orenstein’s bestselling Schoolgirls is the classic study of teenage girls and self-esteem. Now Orenstein uses the same interviewing and reporting skills to examine the lives of women in their 20s, 30s and 40s.
The advances of the women’s movement allow women to grow up with a sense of expanded possibilities... Read more
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Schoolgirls
Written by Peggy Orenstein
Anchor | Trade Paperback | September 1995
$16.95/18.95(Canada) | 978-0-385-42576-6 (0-385-42576-7)
A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR
The classic account of the hurdles facing adolescent girls in America--now reissued with a new Foreword, to coincide with the award-winning author's new book on women and identity.
Inspired by a study by the American Association of University Women that showed girls' self-esteem plummeting... Read more
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