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The Psychological Development of Women and Girls is as relevant today as it was in its original publication. Students and established professionals alike will find that Sheila Green's reframing of human development provides a fresh perspective on girls and women and is a vital resource for learning and research. - Annie G. Rogers, School of Critical Social Inquiry, Hampshire College, USA Praise for the first edition An important corrective to 'malestream' developmental psychology. Deserves to be standard reading on all developmental psychology courses. - Valerie Walkerdine, Centre for Critical Psychology, University of Western Sydney, Australia Greene's argument for greater cohesion between the psychology of women and developmental psychology fields motivates the reader to reconsider notions of women and girls. The book provides researchers and educators new ways of understanding and promoting diversity and independence for girls and women. - Annette Hatcher Parkerson in Educational Researcher, Vol 33, No 6 [This] book challenges the traditional developmental psychology model as applied to women. [...] Greene continues to challenge the orthodox Freudian development schemas and extends that challenge to the more recent neurobiological theories that posit definitive male and female differences. In doing so, she presents a thorough review of developmental theory. [...] She uses these references to support her theory taht traditional view of development is too gender biased, overemphasizing the biological differences of brain development between men and women or emphasizing only the cultural differences that shape development. [...] This revised edition of Greene's study will be an important resource for those with a particular interest in gender and women's studies. Summing up: Recommended. -D. L. Loeras, Akoan Consulting, CHOICE November 2015

Praise for the first edition An important corrective to 'malestream' developmental psychology. Deserves to be standard reading on all developmental psychology courses. - Valerie Walkerdine, Centre for Critical Psychology, University of Western Sydney, Australia Greene's argument for greater cohesion between the psychology of women and developmental psychology fields motivates the reader to reconsider notions of women and girls. The book provides researchers and educators new ways of understanding and promoting diversity and independence for girls and women. - Annette Hatcher Parkerson in Educational Researcher, Vol 33, No 6

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Sheila Greene is Professor and Fellow Emeritus at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland, where she was co-founder of the Children’s Research Centre and the Centre for Gender and Women’s Studies. Her research interests include the psychology of women and gender, child development and children’s issues and developmental theory.

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