Young women carry the weight of a complex world on their shoulders. They must learn to balance family with education, social life, and most importantly, self. Virginia Woolf described the Angel in the House as "so constituted that she never had a mind or a wish of her own, but preferred to sympathize always with the minds and wishes of others." Young women must find their inner strength first before all else, a necessary rebellion, before touching others. It is a task these three teen writers accomplish admirably, their words touch the heart and lift the spirit.

I had on an ugly straw hat, jeans, an oversized t-shirt. I felt smushed and crumpled after my five-hour flight.
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Ever since B., we were together constantly, to the extent that our teachers used to worry about us having an "unhealthy social relationship."
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All the neighbors—they all warned me, you know. They all said I should stop you hanging round those GIs, stop you dressing the way you did. But no, I trusted you, and look what you did!
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