THE SUMMER CAMP HANDBOOK
CONTENTS
Part I: The Camp Experience
1. How this book will help 3
2. Why go to overnight camp? 11
3. Knowing when the time is right 23
4. Different types of overnight camps 31
Part II: Selecting a Camp
5. Step 1: Focus your search 49
6. Step 2: Gather information 61
7. Step 3: Choose the best camp for you 75
Part III: Preparing for Camp
8. Emotional preparation and homesickness prevention 99
9. Parents' feelings about camp 113
10. Physical and medical preparation 123
11. Packing 141
Part IV: Getting the Most out of Camp
12. Opening day 163
13. Staying in touch 173
14. Closing day 189
Bells & Whistles
Just for kids 199
Guidelines for considering a shortened stay 211
A short history of overnight camping 217
Resources & references 223
Index 244
Introduction 1
1600s 2
Women's Work 4
Women's Place 6
Native American Women 8
Anne Forrest & Anne Buras 10
Pocahontas 12
Anne Bradstreet 14
Margaret Hardenbrook Philipse 16
Millicent How & Other Indentured Servants 18
Isabella 20
Margaret Brent 22
Susanna Martin & Other Witches 24
1700s 26
Women's Work 28
Women's Place 30
Eliza Pinckney 32
Elizabeth Murray 34
Elizabeth Sprigs & Other Indentured Servants 36
Hannah & Other Slaves 38
Phillis Wheatley 40
Mercy Otis Warren 42
Revolutionary Women 44
Deborah Sampson & Other Soldiers 46
Martha Ballard 48
1800s 50
Women's Work 52
Women's Place 54
Hannah Borden & Other Mill Girls 56
Sarah Bryan & Other Pioneers 58
Emma Willard 60
Maria Mitchell 62
Harriet Tubman 64
Harriet Beecher Stowe 66
Mary Ann Shadd Cary 68
Women of the Civil War 70
Women on the Home Front 72
Elizabeth Blackwell 74
Susan B. Anthony & Elizabeth Cady Stanton 76
Belva Lockwood 78
Sarah Winnemucca 80
Matilda Coxe Stevenson 82
1900s 84
Women's Work 86
Women's Place 88
Mary Hamilton 90
Rose Schneiderman 92
Maria Martinez 94
Amelia Earhart 96
Georgia O'Keeffe 98
Eleanor Roosevelt 100
Women in World War II 102
Barbara McClintock 104
Rosa Parks & Jo Ann Robinson 106
Rachel Carson 108
Dolores Huerta 110
Betty Friedan 112
Toni Morrison 114
Sandra Day O'Connor 116
Maya Lin 118
Jackie Joyner-Kersee 120
Superwomen 122
Conclusion 124
Want to Know More? 126
Acknowledgements 127
Picture Credits 128
Index 129
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