Placing Girls in Women's History

How old was Pocahontas?

In Disney’s movie version, she’s a young unmarried woman - fully developed, falling in love with the adventurous hero John Smith, later marrying the wholesome John Rolfe.

In her statue at Jamestown, she’s also depicted as a grown woman - perhaps youthful, but certainly past puberty.

They both got it really, really wrong.

Join Tiffany to explore Pocahontas's real story, as told in Exploring American Girlhood in 50 Historic Treasures, now available at your local bookstore or Amazon.com

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