Growing Up Female A Personal Photojournal

E-109: Holt, Rinehart and Winston. Very Good. 1974. Paperback. Trade PB. 4to. Published by Holt, Rinehart and Winston, New York. 1974. 168 pgs. Illustrated in black and white. Signed by Abigail Heyman on the half-title page. Wrappers lightly worn with some light shelf-wear to the extremities present. Book is free of ownership marks. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Growing Up Female: A Personal Photo-Journal (1974) was a "landmark" book of photography by Abigail Heyman (1942–2013). The book pioneered American feminism in photography by documenting stereotypical women's roles. Heyman introduced the book, writing "this book is about women, and their lives as women, from one feminist’s point of view." The book collected photographs of Heyman's life, "challeng[ing] assumptions about being a woman", and "documented the female experience from a feminist perspective." The black and white images in the book include women doing beauty and domestic tasks such as women as mothers, preparing food, wearing curlers, and grocery shopping. It also contained images of young girls; and demonstrated how female stereotypes were reinforced for girls starting at a young age. According to The New York Times, "[i]n one of the book’s most arresting images, Ms. Heyman photographed herself undergoing an abortion." EB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 0 pages; Signed by Author .