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Urban Girls Revisited
Urban Girls Revisited: Building Strengths edited by Bonnie J. Ross Leadbeater and Niobe Way
Call Number: HV1431 .U734 2007
Summary from Book Jacket:
Urban Girls Revisited explores the diversity of urban adolescent girls’ development and the sources of support and resilience that help them to build the foundations of strength that they need as they enter adulthood. Urban girls are frequently marginalized by poverty, ethnic discrimination, and stereotypes suggesting that they have deficits compared to their peers. In fact, urban girls do often “grow up fast,” taking on multiple adult roles and responsibilities in contexts of high levels of adversities. Yet a majority of these girls show remarkable strengths in the face of challenges, and their families and communities provide many assets to support their development. This new volume showcases these strengths.
