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Sweet Sixteen

In: The Social History of the American Family: An Encyclopedia
Edited by: Marilyn J. Coleman & Lawrence H. Ganong
Subject:American Studies, Family Studies (general)
Keywords:girls

Traditionally, “sweet sixteen” applied only to young women when they reached their 16th birthdays. In contemporary society, boys may also have sweet sixteen parties. The history of the term reaches back into the 17th century, when 16-year-old girls were presented as ...

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  Coleman, M. J., & Ganong, L. H. (2014). Sweet sixteen. In The social history of the American family: An encyclopedia (Vol. 1, pp. 1309-1309). SAGE Publications, Inc., https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781452286143.n519
  
  Coleman, Marilyn J., and Lawrence H. Ganong. "Sweet Sixteen." In The Social History of the American Family: An Encyclopedia, edited by Coleman, Marilyn J., and Lawrence H. Ganong, 1309-1309. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2014. https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781452286143.n519.
  
  Coleman, M. J. and Ganong, L. H. 2014. Sweet Sixteen. In: Marilyn J. Coleman and Lawrence H. Ganong Editors, 2014. The Social History of the American Family: An Encyclopedia, Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. pp. 1309 Available at: <https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781452286143.n519> [Accessed 12 Aug 2022].
  
  Coleman, Marilyn J. and Lawrence H. Ganong. "Sweet Sixteen." The Social History of the American Family: An Encyclopedia. Edited by Vol. 1. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2014, pp. 1309-1309. SAGE Knowledge. 12 Aug 2022, doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781452286143.n519.
  
  Coleman, Marilyn J., and Lawrence H. Ganong (2014). Sweet sixteen In:Sweet sixteen The social history of the American family: An encyclopedia Vol. 1. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc.; 2014:1309-1309. doi:10.4135/9781452286143.n519
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