“Girls are more academically powerful. They make the grades, they run the student activities, they are the valedictorians.” RunningGirlPowerfulStudentsActivityGradesValedictorians Author:Christina Hoff Sommers
“I'm sitting in the bleachers, watching longingly as all the boys and umbumped girls in my Personal Health and Fitness class play Muggle Quidditch. I don't even like the game very much, I think it's silly, but I so miss physical activity that I'd be thrilled if I could run around the gymnasium with a broom between my legs, chasing after the human snitch wearing a gold pinny.” IfsThinkingHumansPlayRunningGirlGamesClassBoysMissingActivitySittingGoldLegsSillyIf I CouldChasingHealth And FitnessPhysical ActivityBroomsMugglesGymnasiumsBleachersSnitchPersonal HealthQuidditch Author:Megan McCafferty
“Some girls are apparently born with dates; some through much personal activity, achieve them; but others seem by necessity to have dates thrust upon them.” SeemsGirlBornAchieveActivityDatingThrust Book:A White Bird Flying Source: A White Bird Flying
“The New Hampshire girls who came to Lowell were descendants of the sturdy backwoodsmen who settled that State scarcely a hundred years before.... They were earnest and capable; ready to undertake anything that was worth doing. My dreamy, indolent nature was shamed into activity among them. They gave me a larger, firmer ideal of womanhood.” YearsStatesGirlWorkReadyActivityCapableHundredIdealsWomanhoodEarnestDescendantsDreamySturdyHampshireNew Hampshire Author:Lucy Larcom
“The girl must early be impressed with the idea that she is to be "a hand, not a mouth"; a worker, and not a drone, in the great hive of human activity. Like the boy, she must be taught to look forward to a life of self-dependence, and early prepare herself for some trade or profession.” HumansLooksIdeasSelfHandsGirlWorkBoysTaughtActivityMouthsTradeWorkersProfessionImpressedDependenceHuman ActivityDronesHives Book:History of woman suffrage Source: History of woman suffrage
“The man, or the boy, in his development is psychologically deterred from incorporating serving characteristics by an easily observable fact: there are already people around who are clearly meant to serve and they are girls and women. To perform the activities these people are doing is to risk being, and being thought of, and thinking of oneself, as a woman. This has been made a terrifying prospect and has been made to constitute a major threat to masculine identity.” PeopleThinkingMenHas BeensMadeFactsGirlWomenBoysRiskIdentityHe ManDevelopmentActivityMajorsThreatOneselfCharacteristicsServingMasculineIncorporating Book:Toward a New Psychology of Women Source: Toward a New Psychology of Women
“My husband and I make physical activity a priority in our lives, and our daughters love being active as well. And while we each have sports and activities we enjoy, we try to go for hikes or bike rides together whenever we get the chance. We've found that the best way to help our girls be active is to find activities they truly enjoy.” WayTryingWellsHelpingTogetherGirlFoundSportsEnjoyChanceLove IsOur LivesActivityHusbandDaughterActivePrioritiesBest WayMy HusbandBikeOur DaughterPhysical Activity Author:Michelle Obama