A lecture by Joan Jacobs Brumberg
Author of "The Body Project: An Intimate History of American Girls"

Today 53% of girls are dissatisfied with their bodies by the age of 13 and many begin a pattern of weight obsession and dieting as early as 8 or 9.  Why?

Cornell University historian Joan Jacobs Brumberg will answer this question and examine how social changes of the past century have affected the ways in which adolescent girls regard their bodies and themselves.


From Corset to Body Piercing: The Changing Experience of Female Adolescence

Luncheon, Lecture, Book Signing
[Books available for purchase at the Book Outlet, Empire State Plaza]

$20 for General Public
$15 for members of the Archives Partnership Trust

Thursday, May 9, 2002
12:30 pm to 2 pm
Albany Room, Empire State Plaza
Albany, New York

RSVP by May 3, 2002.  Seating is limited.
Please contact the Archives Partnership Trust to RSVP or for more information at (518) 473-7091; (518) 473-8037; or [log in to unmask]