1. Introduction Angela McRobbie and Trisha McCabe Part 1: Experience 2. Little women, good wives: is English good for girls? Gill Frith 3. The golden pathway Amanda McLoughlin 4. Schools and careers: for girls who do want to wear the trousers Trisha McCabe 5. ‘They call me a life-size Meccano set’: super-secretary or super-slave? Hazel Downing 6. ‘Now that I’m married...’ Dorothy Hobson 7. Just like a Jackie story Angela McRobbie 8. Resistances and responses: the experiences of black girls in Britain Valerie Amos and Pratibha Parmar Part 2: Making Changes 9. Romance and sexuality: between the devil and the deep blue sea? Myra Connell, Tricia Davis, Sue McIntosh, Mandy Root. A note on lesbian sexuality Trisha McCabe and Sharon K. 10. Learning to be a girl: girls, schools and the work of the Sheffield Education Group Anne Strong 11. Working with girls: write a song and make a record about it! Monika Savier