Lynn M. Thomas is Assistant Professor of History and Adjunct Assistant Professor of Women Studies at the University of Washington, Seattle.

• Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations Maps Introduction 1. Imperial Populations and "Women's Affairs" 2. Colonial Uplift and Girl-Midwives 3. Mau Mau and the Girls who "Circumcised Themselves" 4. Late Colonial Customs and Wayward Schoolgirls 5. Postcolonial Nationalism and "Modern" Single Mothers Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

Lynn M. Thomas is Assistant Professor of History and Adjunct Assistant Professor of Women Studies at the University of Washington, Seattle.

• Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations Maps Introduction 1. Imperial Populations and "Women's Affairs" 2. Colonial Uplift and Girl-Midwives 3. Mau Mau and the Girls who "Circumcised Themselves" 4. Late Colonial Customs and Wayward Schoolgirls 5. Postcolonial Nationalism and "Modern" Single Mothers Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

Lynn M. Thomas is Assistant Professor of History and Adjunct Assistant Professor of Women Studies at the University of Washington, Seattle.

• Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations Maps Introduction 1. Imperial Populations and "Women's Affairs" 2. Colonial Uplift and Girl-Midwives 3. Mau Mau and the Girls who "Circumcised Themselves" 4. Late Colonial Customs and Wayward Schoolgirls 5. Postcolonial Nationalism and "Modern" Single Mothers Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index