Were I Not A Girl
Book Details
Format
Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
1984849050
ISBN-13
9781984849052
Publisher
Random House USA Inc
Imprint
Random House Inc
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Oct 20th, 2020
Print length
40 Pages
Weight
488 grams
Dimensions
26.20 x 26.40 x 1.30 cms
Product Classification:
Children's / Teenage fiction & true stories
Ksh 2,700.00
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This unique picture book biography tells the story of Dr. James Barry, born female, who lived as a man from age 18 to his death.
Like other girls of her time, Margaret Bulkley didn''t go to school. She wouldn''t grow up to own property, be a soldier, a doctor, or hold any job other than perhaps maid or governor--such was a girl''s lot in 19th century England. And was she comfortable born in a girl''s body? We will never know. What we do know is that at the age of 18, she tugged off her stockings and dress, cut her red-gold curls, and vanished. In her place appeared a young man. Margaret became James Barry. James would attend medical school, become a doctor and a soldier, travel the world. He would fall in love, deliver babies, and fight in a duel. And he would live a rich full life.
Here is a picure book that is both a fascinating and sensitively drawn portrait of someone who would not be undervalued, and an important introduction to the concept of gender identity.
Like other girls of her time, Margaret Bulkley didn''t go to school. She wouldn''t grow up to own property, be a soldier, a doctor, or hold any job other than perhaps maid or governor--such was a girl''s lot in 19th century England. And was she comfortable born in a girl''s body? We will never know. What we do know is that at the age of 18, she tugged off her stockings and dress, cut her red-gold curls, and vanished. In her place appeared a young man. Margaret became James Barry. James would attend medical school, become a doctor and a soldier, travel the world. He would fall in love, deliver babies, and fight in a duel. And he would live a rich full life.
Here is a picure book that is both a fascinating and sensitively drawn portrait of someone who would not be undervalued, and an important introduction to the concept of gender identity.
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