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Guiding Modern Girls : Girlhood, Empire, and Internationalism in the 1920S and 1930S by Kristine Alexander is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Guiding Modern Girls : Girlhood, Empire, and Internationalism in the 1920S and 1930S about?

Across the British Empire and the world, the 1920s and 1930s were a time of unprecedented social and cultural change. Girls and young women were at the heart of many of these shifts. Out of this milieu, the Girl Guide movement emerged as a response to modern concerns about gender, race, class, and social instability. In this book, Kristine Alexander analyzes the ways in which Guiding sought to mould young people in England, Canada, and India. It is a fascinating account that connects the histories of girlhood, internationalism, and empire, while asking how girls and young women understood and responded to Guiding’s attempts to lead them toward a “useful” feminine future.

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Author

Kristine Alexander

Publisher

University of British Columbia Press

Published

2017

Language

EN

ISBN

9780774835879

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, Science, Social Science