Girl Trouble : Panic and Progress in the History of Young Women (Paperback)

from etxgardener

Controlling the behavior of girls and young women has been the concern of societies from the beginning of recorded history, and this entertaining social history of British women in the 20th Century demonstrates that despite giant strides that women have have made in the past 100 years, there are ...

from cammykitty

Girl Trouble by Carol Dyhouse covers a wide swath of history of the Women's Movement as it pertains to girls and young women in England. She starts at a time when people claimed the death of a female student from tuberculosis "was caused by over-education" and ends at the present when young women...

from bwightman

I received this book through LibraryThing's Early Reviewer program. Girl Trouble is a very thoroughly researched history of women's behavior and the perception of women dating from the late 19th century to the present day. The author touches on topics such as promiscuity, sexual violence, educati...

from gofergrl84

Girl Trouble looks at the history of feminism in Britain and the backlash women and girls faced as they gained more independence. From the late-Victorian era to modern times, the author explores the various moral panics and cultural backlashes that have sprung up in reaction to female independenc...

from gofergrl84

Girl Trouble looks at the history of feminism in Britain and the backlash women and girls faced as they gained more independence. From the late-Victorian era to modern times, the author explores the various moral panics and cultural backlashes that have sprung up in reaction to female independenc...