Originally published 1974 Illustrator Abigail Heyman | ||
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Growing Up Female: A Personal Photo-Journal (1974) was a "landmark" book of photography by photojournalist Abigail Heyman (1942-2013).
Heyman introduced the book, writing "This book is about women, and their lives as women, from one feminist’s point of view." The book collected photographs of Heyman's life, "challeng[ing] assumptions about being a woman", and "documented the female experience from a feminist perspective." Andy Grundberg described the book as "test[ing] the line between reportage and personal expression." The book portrayed numerous black-and-white images of women in various activities, including a photograph of Ms. Heyman herself having an abortion.
During the 1970s, the work sold more than 35,000 copies, and was a mainstay of women's bookstores and feminist literature displays, along with Our Bodies, Ourselves.