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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 09:32 AM Original message |
Can anyone recommend a good book for a 9 year old feminist? |
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MNDemNY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 09:33 AM Response to Original message |
1. "free to be you and me" |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 09:42 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Thanks! That goes on my list! n/t |
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midlife_mo_Jo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 10:05 AM Response to Reply #1 |
6. I guess I'm not passionate enough about politics and activism |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 09:42 AM Response to Original message |
3. "Our Barbies, Ourselves" |
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Didereaux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 09:48 AM Response to Original message |
4. Seriously! 'Nancy Drew Mystery' series. |
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midlife_mo_Jo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 10:06 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Totally agree! |
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RebelOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 12:14 PM Response to Reply #7 |
22. I read the whole series when I was a kid. |
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Maine-ah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 05:13 PM Response to Reply #22 |
37. I read my mother's Nancy Drew books, as did my sister |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 03:53 PM Response to Reply #7 |
23. Well, her dad is a political consultant so she hears political stuff all the time. |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 09:59 AM Response to Original message |
5. Aim high. |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 03:55 PM Response to Reply #5 |
24. Years ago I read "The Second Sex". I should go back and take |
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Stephanie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 10:08 AM Response to Original message |
8. Get a book on Jeannette Rankin. |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 10:30 AM Response to Reply #8 |
12. How is voting against getting involved in WWI and WWII a good thing? |
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Stephanie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 11:31 AM Response to Reply #12 |
19. She was a pacifist, admired Gandhi, and opposed violent solutions to conflict. |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 05:34 PM Response to Reply #19 |
41. Even Gandhi favored fighting against the Axis Powers in WW2. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 04:38 PM Response to Reply #12 |
33. It's like this |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 05:05 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. Well, she sounds like an interesting person but I'm not impressed with her anti war stance. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 05:31 PM Response to Reply #34 |
40. There were different choices there |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 04:34 PM Response to Reply #8 |
32. I absolutely love her, good choice n/t |
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mod mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 10:09 AM Response to Original message |
9. Young People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn might be good choice: |
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momster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 10:19 AM Response to Original message |
10. Maybe Counter-Intuitive |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 10:26 AM Response to Original message |
11. "Herland" |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 10:41 AM Response to Original message |
13. I think George Orwell's 1984 should be required reading |
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lame54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 10:44 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. I was thinking "Animal Farm" |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 10:49 AM Response to Reply #14 |
17. I read Animal Farm at age 6 |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 10:45 AM Response to Original message |
15. "Cinderella"?? |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 04:00 PM Response to Reply #15 |
25. Goodness, what's eating you, Nut? Did a girl beat you up in the schoolyard, like Karl Rove? |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 04:11 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. If you want to teach her to swim, show her the water. |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 04:27 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. She's got 2 sisters, one older and one younger. To say the least, she's been |
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DangerDave921 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 10:46 AM Response to Original message |
16. Little House |
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madisongrace (44 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 10:53 AM Response to Original message |
18. NOW.org |
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never_get_over_it (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 11:55 AM Response to Original message |
20. I found this website |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 12:04 PM Response to Original message |
21. Check out the Amelia Bloomer Project. |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 04:07 PM Response to Reply #21 |
26. Great website! Lots of ideas, thanks! n/t |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 05:10 PM Response to Reply #26 |
36. Google is wonderful I think I used "Feminist literature for girls." |
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gilpo (601 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 04:16 PM Response to Original message |
28. "Why Mommy is a Democrat" |
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renate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 04:21 PM Response to Original message |
29. "How to Run for Public Office and Then Become President in 2036" |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 04:33 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. Oh she would love a book like that! She considered running for student body |
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Lisa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 08:33 PM Response to Reply #31 |
43. maybe she could write it! She could be a published author, while still in her teens ... |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 08:58 AM Response to Reply #43 |
46. Wow! What a great idea! |
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coffeenap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 05:08 PM Response to Original message |
35. She is too old for it, but be sure she has a copy of |
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eileen_d (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 08:40 PM Response to Reply #35 |
44. "The Real Me" by Betty Miles |
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kath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 05:20 PM Response to Original message |
38. Russell Freedman, one of the very best non-fiction writers for kids, wrote a biography of Eleanor R. |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 07:40 PM Response to Reply #38 |
42. Thanks so much! I have the 2 set videotape of "Eleanor and Franklin" |
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ieoeja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 05:22 PM Response to Original message |
39. "Men are from Mars, Women from Venus" |
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jazzjunkysue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-03-08 09:17 PM Response to Original message |
45. Stepford Wives. |
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