Monthly Checklist of State Publications


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June and Dec. issues contain listings of periodicals.




Report of Performance


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Supergirls Speak Out


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Some girls seem to have it all... The top grades The best clothes A great body A cute boyfriend But they may also have... Exhaustion Anxiety Eating disorders Crippling insecurity From grammar school girls to working women, the pressure to be perfect is spreading like a disease. These Supergirls feel the unrelenting need to succeed -- sometimes at the cost of their own happiness and sanity. A recovering Supergirl herself, Liz Funk exposes the dangerous consequences that can come from striving for perfection. By closely following five girls and interviewing nearly one hundred more, she takes us inside the Supergirl psyche, explaining the causes of this phenomenon and showing how Supergirls can let their (sleek and shiny) hair down and find some time to relax and enjoy life! With practical advice, biting humor, and the sensitivity of someone who's been through it all, Funk's Supergirls Speak Out is the absolutely necessary companion for any girl who thinks 100 percent just isn't enough.




How Schools Shortchange Girls


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Reports on inequality of education between boys and girls.




Growing Smart


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Pieces of Me


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Now a Lifetime television movie starring Sarah Drew, Stolen By Their Father was adapted from the story of Pieces of Me: Rescuing My Kidnapped Daughters about a young mother and her daughters face the unimaginable consequences after leaving abuse. In 1994, Lizbeth Meredith said good-bye to her four- and six year-old daughters for a visit with their non-custodial father only to learn days later that they had been kidnapped and taken to their father's home country of Greece. Twenty-nine and just on the verge of making her dreams of financial independence for her and her daughters come true, Lizbeth now faced a $100,000 problem on a $10 an hour budget. For the next two years fueled by memories of her own childhood kidnapping, Lizbeth traded in her small life for a life more public, traveling to the White House and Greece, and becoming a local media sensation in order to garner interest in her efforts. The generous community of Anchorage becomes Lizbeth's makeshift family?one that is replicated by a growing number of Greeks and expats overseas who help Lizbeth navigate the turbulent path leading back to her daughters.




Women, Girls and Achievement


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Achievement issues in education, therapy, psychological theory and research, and women's professional and family lives are probed in this book of readings that approaches this subject from theoretical and practical perspectives. Distinguished contributors write contemporary topics including self-esteem, barriers to achievement for women of colour, and achievement and motherhood. The text was developed from the successful 1991 Section on Women and Psychology one day institute (the Canadian Psychological Association) in which a broad spectrum of papers were presented. The result is a unique, timely, and stimulating book that is highly relevant to the lives of women in contemporary North American society.




Homestead Girl


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