print email comment close Beyond Nancy Drew URL: http://library.duke.edu/specialcollections/bingham/guides/beyond/ Description: An annotated bibliography of books for girls written in the last two hundred years which reflect the roles for girls considered proper at the time. Roughly chronological, the list is arranged within subject headings: Christian upbringing, etiquette, nurses, girl detectives, outdoors and adventure, tomboys and working girls, and heroines. These titles are drawn from the collection at the Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture at Duke University. Author: Geha, Rabia; Wooten, Kelly; Leigh, Amy, editor Publisher: Duke University Library of Congress Subject Headings: Children's literature Conduct of life in literature Girls -- Books and reading Girls in literature -- Bibliography Sex role in literature Young adult fiction LII Database Information: Record 4659 created by on 10/05/2001 Last modification on 12/21/2006 Published: 10/05/2001   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/4659