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Author Woodhouse, Barbara Bennett, 1945-

Title Hidden in plain sight : the tragedy of children's rights from Ben Franklin to Lionel Tate / Barbara Bennett Woodhouse
Published Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2008]
©2008

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Description xvii, 357 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Series The Public Square book series
The public square book series
Public square (Princeton, N.J.)
Contents How to think about childhood -- How to think about children's rights -- Frederick Douglass : boys in slavery and servitude -- Dred Scott's daughters : girls at the intersection of race and patriarchy -- Growing up in state custody : Tony and John G. -- The printer's apprentice : Ben Franklin and youth speech -- Youth in the civil rights movement : John Lewis and Sheyanne Webb -- Old maids and little women : Louisa Alcott and William Cather -- Breaking the prison of disability : Helen Keller and Mara -- Hide and survive : Anne Frank and Liu -- Newsboys, entrepreneurs, and Evelyn : children at work -- Telling the scariest secrets: Maya Angelou and Jeannie -- Age and the idea of innocence : Amal and Lionel Tate
Summary "Hidden in Plain Sight tells the tragic untold story of children's rights in America. It asks why the United States today, alone among nations, rejects the most universally embraced human-rights document in history, the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. This book is a call to arms for America to again be a leader in human rights, and to join the rest of the world in recognizing that the thirst for justice is not for adults alone."
"Barbara Bennett Woodhouse explores the meaning of children's rights throughout American history, interweaving the childhood stories of iconic figures such as Benjamin Franklin with those of children less known but no less courageous, like the heroic youngsters who marched for civil rights. How did America become a place where twelve-year-old Lionel Tate could be sentenced to life in prison without parole for the 1999 death of a young playmate? In answering questions like this, Woodhouse challenges those who misguidedly believe that America's children already have more rights than they need, or that children's rights post a threat to parental autonomy or family values. She reveals why fundamental human rights and principles of dignity, equality, privacy, protection, and voice are essential to a child's journey into adulthood, and why understanding rights for children leads to a better understanding of human rights for all."
"Hidden in Plain Sight will force an examination of our national resistance - and moral responsibility - to recognize children's rights."--BOOK JACKET
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [337]-348) and index
SUBJECT Convention on the Rights of the Child
Subject Children's rights -- United States -- History.
Children -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States.
African American children -- Civil rights -- History.
LC no. 2007026840
ISBN 9780691126906 (alk. paper)
0691126909 (alk. paper)
0691146217 (paperback: alk. paper)
9780691146218 (paperback: alk. paper)