Finding Their Voices, Finding Themselves: An Interview with Nancy Gruver.

Miles, Samara; Prystowsky, Richard J.; Gruver, Nancy

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ERIC Number: EJ615544

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Publication Date: 2000

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Finding Their Voices, Finding Themselves: An Interview with Nancy Gruver.

Miles, Samara; Prystowsky, Richard J.; Gruver, Nancy

Paths of Learning: Options for Families & Communities, n6 p27-45 Aut 2000

The founder of "New Moon," a magazine dedicated to empowering girls and edited by girls aged 8-14, discusses girls' truths, how the magazine is run, sexual orientation, the media and women's need for change, strong female role models, assumptions about beauty and gender roles, and the role of schools in gender-role socialization. Contains nine magazine excerpts. (TD)

Descriptors: Change Agents, Cultural Influences, Early Adolescents, Empowerment, Females, Feminism, Gender Issues, Interviews, Mass Media Effects, Periodicals, Physical Attractiveness, Sex Role, Sex Stereotypes, Sexual Identity, Social Bias, Socialization

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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