Description
| Product ID: | 9781984849052 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Were I Not A Girl |
| Authors: | Author: Lauren Simkin Berke, Lisa Robinson |
| Page Count: | 40 |
| Subjects: | Children’s / Teenage fiction and true stories, Children's / Teenage fiction & true stories |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating 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. |
| Imprint Name: | Random House Inc |
| Publisher Name: | Random House USA Inc |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2020-10-20 |