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Chapter 4 Summary: “Then and Now, 1959-2019” Chapter 4 encapsulates the differences and similarities between Pipher’s life as an adolescent girl in the 1950s and 1960s and the experiences of the girls she works with in the 1990s and beyond.
Reviving Ophelia was written in 1994 by Mary Pipher, a psychologist who works with women and teen girls, studying the ways cultural norms impact their mental health.
Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls is a 1994 book written by Mary Pipher. This book examines the effects of societal pressures on American adolescent girls, and utilizes many case studies from the author's experience as a therapist. [1]
- Mary Bray Pipher
- 1994
Dec 22, 2023 · When Mary Pipher’s bestselling book Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls was published in 1994, my older daughter was 17 and my younger daughter was 12. The book made waves among psychologists, teachers, high schools, the Girl Scouts, the YWCA and more.
Jul 27, 2023 · Barbies were exactly what Pipher—whose 1994 non-fiction book Reviving Ophelia inspired the plot of Barbie, according to director Greta Gerwig—strived to warn girls about in her writing. Girls...
- Fletcher Peters
- Entertainment Reporter
Jun 30, 2019 · The 1994 book Revivng Ophelia spotlighted the mental health of teenage girls. Years later, author Mary Pipher and her daughter Sara Pipher Gilliam have updated the book for the modern era.
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When Reviving Ophelia was first published the response was extraordinary. She posed the provocative question: Why are American adolescent girls falling prey to depression, eating disorders, and suicide attempts at an alarming rate? The answer hit a nerve.
