Spring 2025

Carol Gilligan and the Search for Voice

From the Series Extraordinary Women in Psychology

  • Interest Level: Grade 7 - Grade 9
  • Reading Level: Grade 7

Carol Gilligan has devoted her life to discovering, uncovering, and recovering voices belonging to girls and women, as well as boys and men.

Through her work, she has played an enormous role in reconceptualizing traditionally held views on moral and identity development in young people, most prominently in her landmark 1982 book detailing her ethic of care model, In a Different Voice (coined by Harvard University Press as “The little book that started a revolution”). Drawing on source material that includes interviews with Gilligan as well as her own writings in books and articles, this book offers young readers not only the opportunity to learn about a pioneering psychologist and her momentous work but also for them to consider the potential power of their own voices as they go forward in life.

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978-1-4338-4353-2
$12.74
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Interest Level Grade 7 - Grade 9
Reading Level Grade 7
Genre Social Studies, Young Adult
Category 5 Kinds of Nonfiction, 5KN: Narrative Nonfiction, Biography
Copyright 2024
Publisher American Psychological Association
Imprint Magination Press — American Psychological Association
Language English
Number of Pages 144
Publication Date 2025-01-01
Text Type Narrative Nonfiction
BISACS YAN006140, YAN052050, YAN024100
Dimensions 5.5 x 8.5
Guided Reading Level TBD
Features Bibliography/further reading, Glossary, Original artwork, Primary source quotations/images, Reviewed, Table of contents, and Timeline

Reviews

Kirkus Reviews

“A charmingly illustrated biography that highlights psychologist Carol Gilligan’s life and achievements . . . . Cole highlights key figures and psychological concepts in the world of psychology, explaining them in digestible segments. Green’s soft and expressive artwork brings additional life to this easy-to-follow biography. Tools that encourage readers to think more deeply about the content are interspersed throughout the book, providing further learning opportunities.”—Kirkus Reviews

School Library Journal

“A highly readable and powerful volume . . . . Pop-out text boxes, illustrations, and photographs, as well as large text, are all helpful features to increase accessibility. Some may find it most important that there are entire sections on listening, because what’s a voice without the ability to listen. Complete with scientific sources and interactive activities, this title is great for middle grade and early high school readers.”—School Library Journal