Beyond Nancy Drew: U.S. Girls' Series Fiction in the Twentieth Century

This edited collection recovers "lost" girls' series fiction heroines of the twentieth century. The chapters examine the role the heroines' sociohistorical contexts play in the narrative plot lines as well as the series' popularity and relatability for readers. Cover Contents List of Tables Acknowledgments Introduction Betty Wales Adventure, Mystery, and Fashion Finding the Right Formula, or How The Madge Sterling Series Provided Mildred Wirt (Benson) Before Nancy Drew “To See If College Could Make Half the Woman of Me That It Made of My Mother” On Being Glad Maida Westabrook Miss Pickerell Tackles the Stereotypes “More Like Americans” “To Prove Their Worth in a Man’s World” Inverting the Career Girl Narrative in Vicki Barr Student Dancer Index About the Editors and Contributors