| Author/Contributor(s): | Mitchell, Sally |
| Publisher: | Columbia University Press |
| Date: | 12/28/1995 |
| Binding: | Paperback |
| Condition: | NEW |
In 1880 the concept of girlhood as a separate stage of existence was barely present. But in the decades that followed, due in part to changes in the legal definition of childhood, a new cultural category was inscribed in a flood of popular books and magazines. Indeed, by the turn of the century working-class and middle-class girls were beginning to control enough of their own time and pocket money that publishing for them was a lucrative business.