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Based on a novel by Joan Lindsey, the film is about a group of schoolgirls who, on Valentine’s Day in 1900, go to a remote scenic outcropping to spend the day.
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Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 31 Jan. 2025
Later, after the crackdown was secured, the schoolgirls who were the beating heart of the revolution were systematically poisoned.
—Mariam Memarsadeghi, Newsweek, 13 Jan. 2025
In this special report, Glamour's editor in chief, Samatha Barry, traveled to Africa with Clooney, Gates, and Obama to meet the schoolgirls and organizations carving out a different path—and witness the power of female friendship in action.
—Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 17 Jan. 2025
Afghan schoolgirls in Kabul attend class on the first day of the new school year in 2023.Ebrahim Noroozi / AP file
No foreign government has formally recognized the Taliban because of their restrictive stance on women, while the United Nations has repeatedly denounced the government.
—Astha Rajvanshi, NBC News, 13 Jan. 2025
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Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 31 Jan. 2025
Later, after the crackdown was secured, the schoolgirls who were the beating heart of the revolution were systematically poisoned.
—Mariam Memarsadeghi, Newsweek, 13 Jan. 2025
In this special report, Glamour's editor in chief, Samatha Barry, traveled to Africa with Clooney, Gates, and Obama to meet the schoolgirls and organizations carving out a different path—and witness the power of female friendship in action.
—Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 17 Jan. 2025
Afghan schoolgirls in Kabul attend class on the first day of the new school year in 2023.Ebrahim Noroozi / AP file
No foreign government has formally recognized the Taliban because of their restrictive stance on women, while the United Nations has repeatedly denounced the government.
—Astha Rajvanshi, NBC News, 13 Jan. 2025
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“Schoolgirl.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/schoolgirl. Accessed 4 Feb. 2025.
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schoolgirl
noun
school·girl
-ˌgər(-ə)l 
: a girl attending school
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