The word girl is sometimes used to refer to an adult female, usually a younger one. The earliest known appearance of girl-friend is in 1892 and girl next door, meant as a teenaged female or young woman with a kind of wholesome appeal, dates only to 1961. Its first noted meaning for sweetheart is 1648. Girl has meant any young unmarried woman since about 1530. Until the late 1400s, the word meant a child of either sex. The Anglo-Saxon word gerela meaning dress or clothing item also seems to have been used as a metonym in some sense. The English word girl first appeared during the Middle Ages between 12 CE and came from the Anglo-Saxon word gerle (also spelled girle or gurle). 10 International initiatives for girls' rights.5.2 Obstacles to girls' access to education.5.1 Educational environment and expectations.
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