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ERIC Number: EJ492587
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1994
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ISSN: ISSN-1064-7023
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The Courage of Their Convictions: Empowering Voices of Girls.
Will, Katherine
Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Problems, v3 n2 p46-47 Sum 1994
Reviews childhood trauma/abuse experienced by Maya Angelou and discusses how Angelou survived and triumphed over these experiences. Relates Angelou's story to moral developmental theory for women proposed by Carol Gilligan, focusing on Gilligan's metaphor of having a "voice." (NB)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Abuse, Children, Empowerment, Females, Feminism, Individual Development, Metaphors, Moral Development, Resilience (Personality), Theories
Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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