Documents - Voices From The Past

One of my favorite things about researching Where Girls Come First was finding documents that were like voices from the past – 19th century girls’ letters home from boarding school, advice columns from old and yellowing student newspapers, journal entries by the brave women who founded these early schools. Some but not all of these historical documents found their way into the book. Here are a few of the documents that I found particularly fun or compelling.  –Ilana DeBare