Hi ultramarina,

Has your DD read "Girls Think of Everything"?

http://www.amazon.com/Girls-Think-Everything-Ingenious-Inventions/dp/0395937442

My DD has recently become interested in history (they taught ZERO hours this year but we got her engaged in Feb. with home reading and a book review activity at the public library).

She loves Abigail Adams and Eleanor Roosevelt especially, and we went to the Glenn Curtiss Museum in Hammondsport NY where she saw all the exhibits about women in early flight.

Also I just checked a book out of the library called "The Curse of the Good Girl" by Rachael Simmons. I haven't read it yet but am intrigued by the idea of the mixed messages society (including parents, myself included) inadvertently send to girls about how they should behave vs. messages about them reaching their potential.

Best wishes, bzylzy