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Book

Period power : a manifesto for the menstrual movement

Call Number

  • 612.662 O411 TEEN (CEN, OSH)

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Edition

First edition.

Publication Information

New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, [2018]

Physical Description

ix, 354 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Audience

For ages 12 and up; grades 9-12.

Summary

"This is a book about gender equality in the United States and how to engage in activism to get there"--

Contents

  • Let's understand periods
  • The status quo
  • Period products
  • History of the period stigma (in the US)
  • Period poverty
  • Period policy
  • Menstruation in the media
  • The fight from all sides
  • Take action.

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