Women in Children's Literature

Alleen Pace Nilsen

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Themes in Literature Analysis Folklore, Mythology, and Literature Studies Gender Studies in Language

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which charged that children's books were unfair to girls. Her strongest claim was that books for our youngest and therefore most impressionable children not only fail to represent the real world of today, but also combine into an almost incredible conspiracy of conditioning. Boys' achievement drive is encouraged; girls' is cut off. Boys are brought up to express themselves; girls to please. The general image of the female ranges from dull to degrading to invisible.

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