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    Does How You See Yourself Affect Your Self-Esteem?

    • April 30, 2013
    In Jennifer Siebel Newsom’s 2011 Sundance Film Festival entry “MissRepresentation,” many of the high-profile interviewees suggested that the portrayal of women in the media—provocative magazine covers, violent video games, demeaning…
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      What does getting muddy have to do with self-esteem?

      • July 26, 2012
      At the Junior League of the Quad Cities, it’s a key element of an ambitious program to nurture self-esteem among girls and young women. It’s also part of a larger…
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      What do girls need to know about life?

      • November 9, 2011
      You’ve seen it in the media. You’ve talked about it with other parents. And sometimes your own daughter will open up and talk about it. It goes by a lot…
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      Founded in 1901 by New Yorker and social activism pioneer Mary Harriman, The Association of Junior Leagues International, Inc. (AJLI) is an organization of women committed to promoting voluntarism, developing the potential of women and improving communities through the effective action and leadership of trained volunteers. Its purpose is exclusively educational and charitable.

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