Rising Twenty: Notes on Some Ordinary Girls

Pearl Jephcott

Publication Date: 1948

About this Item

In 1942, Jephcott was given leave by the National Association of Girls' Clubs to carry out research into girls' experiences of growing up in England and Wales. She collected information on the work and home life, leisure and relationships of one hundred and fifty-three girls aged fourteen to eighteen, the results of which were reported in her first book: Girls Growing Up (1942). She was awarded a Barnett Fellowship to carry out a follow-up study of the girls she spoke to, and produced Rising Twenties in 1948 as a result. Being study of the lives and thoughts of adolescent girls, covering the rapid changes which had taken place since the first book. Readable and entertaining throughout, this work becomes an important commentary of social conditions for young girls and women. With chapters on good health and good looks, education: formal and informal, earning and spending, interests, work, and more. Written by Agnes Pearl Jephcott, an English social researcher and girls' club organiser.

The outer dust jacket is torn in a few places (please see photos).some scuffing around the edge of some pages.

Seller Inventory # n83

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Rising Twenty: Notes on Some Ordinary Girls
• Publication Date: 1948
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Fair