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Young and Restless: The Girls Who Sparked America’s Revolutions
Maybe someday
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21/100Critics
44/100Scholars
Author:
Mattie Kahn
Publisher:
Viking
Date:
June 13, 2023
Young and Restless recounts one of the most foundational and underappreciated forces in moments of American revolution: teenage girls. From the American Revolution itself to the Civil Rights Movement to nuclear disarmament protests and the women's liberation movement, through Black Lives Matter and school strikes for climate, Mattie Kahn uncovers how girls have leveraged their unique strengths, from fandom to intimate friendships, to organize and lay serious political groundwork for movements that often sidelined them.
What The Reviewers Say
Throughgoing.
Kahn covers history up to the present and considers the role of social media for young women engaging with today’s challenges..
Kahn ends with the somber reality of Roe v. Wade’s overturn but also a note of hope. Girls, as she has ably demonstrated, are capable of lasting, progressive change..
Sparkling.
