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  The Body Project: An Intimate History of American Girls

  by Joan Jacobs Brumberg

  "Timely and sympathetic . . . a work of impassioned advocacy."-- People A hundred years ago, women were lacing themselves into corsets and teaching their daughters to do the same. The ideal of the day, however, was inner beauty: a focus on good deeds and a pure heart. Today American women have more social choices and personal freedom than ever before. But fifty-three percent of our girls are dissatisfied with... (more)