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What I told my daughter : lessons from leaders on raising the next generation of empowered women / edited by Nina Tassler ; with Cynthia Littleton.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Atria Books, 2016Copyright date: ©2016Edition: First Atria Books hardcover editionDescription: xxvi, 269 pages ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781476734675
  • 1476734674
Subject(s):
Contents:
Through my daughter's eyes / Geena Davis -- Future women presidents / Cecile Richards -- Sacrifices / Dolores Huerta -- Dear Eva / Rabbi Sharon Brous -- The perfect paradox / Peggy Orenstein -- The danger of fear / Debora Black -- Be nice to the fat girls / Ayelet Waldman -- The estrogen express / Pat Benatar -- The right to choose / Whoopi Goldberg -- Out loud and proud / Susan Love, MD -- Get a life / Nancy Pelosi -- Roots and wings / Alexandra Pelosi -- Nineteen / Marie Osmond -- The wall / Dr. Juliet Garcia -- Faith, family, and country / Jehan Sadat, PhD -- Role reversals / Madeleine Albright -- Listening in the rowboat / Joanna Kerns -- The Dalai Lama's slam dunk / Gloria Estefan -- Walking and talking / Nannerl O. Keohane -- Natural talents / Jennifer Dulski -- Freedom of choice / Dr. Marcia McNutt -- An education on the set / Pamela Fryman -- Independence / Ruth Bader Ginsburg -- Just a mom / Brooke Shields -- Learning from a tragedy / Laura W. Bush -- Letter to my girls / Mona Sinha -- Don't agonize, organize / Gloria Allred -- Thelma, Eva, and me / Joy Marcus -- The gift of getting fired / Judy Vredenburgh -- Privileges / Sharon Osbourne -- Women have a voice / Beverly Johnson -- Simply irresistible / Michelle King -- Not much / Karen Antman, MD -- So much / Amy Antman Gelfand, MD -- My mother's example / Mary Steenburgen -- Color-blind lenses / Kimberley Hatchett -- Don't land on it / Cheryl Saban -- The value of work / C. Noel Bairey Merz, MD -- A pinch of ginger / Alex Guarnaschelli -- The new best friend / Dana Walden -- The most important goal / Mia Hamm -- Just Listen / Margaret Abe-Koga -- Love is a verb / Roma Downey -- An act of strength / Chirlane McCray -- An activist upbringing / Blythe Danner -- The rules / Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye -- The cooking lesson / Sheila Bair -- The tables turn / Ruth W. Messinger -- The CEO of cupcake management / Norah O'Donnell -- Hot flashes / Donna de Varona -- Rachel's turn / Nancy Josephson -- The making of makers / Sukhinder Singh Cassidy -- I am the Tooth Fairy / Jeanne Newman -- Back in the saddle / Christine Baranski.
Summary: A "diverse group of women--from Madeleine Albright To Ruth Bader Ginsburg, from Dr. Susan Love to Whoopi Goldberg and more...reflect on the best advice and counsel they have given their daughters either by example, throughout their lives, or in character-building, teachable moments between parent and child."--Book jacket.
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In What I Told My Daughter, entertainment executive Nina Tassler has brought together a powerful, diverse group of women--from Madeleine Albright to Ruth Bader Ginsburg, from Dr. Susan Love to Whoopi Goldberg--to reflect on the best advice and counsel they have given their daughters either by example, throughout their lives, or in character-building, teachable moments between parent and child.

A college president teaches her daughter, by example, the importance of being a leader who connects with everyone--from the ground up, literally--in an organization. A popular entertainer and former child star urges her daughter to walk in her own truth, to not break glass ceilings if she yearns to nurture a family as a stay-at-home mother or to abandon a career if that's her calling. One of the country's only female police chiefs teaches her daughter the meaning of courage, how to respond to danger but more importantly how not to let fear stop her from experiencing all that life has to offer. A bestselling writer who has deliberated for years on empowering girls, wonders if we're unintentionally leading them to believe they can never make mistakes, when "resiliency is more important than perfection."

Contributors include : Geena Davis, Cecile Richards, Dolores Huerta, Rabbi Sharon Brous, Peggy Orenstein, Debora Black, Ayelet Waldman, Pat Benatar, Whoopi Goldberg, Dr. Susan Love, Nancy Pelosi, Alexandra Pelosi, Marie Osmond, Dr. Juliet Garcia, Jehan Sadat, Ph.D, Joanna Kerns, Madeleine Albright, Gloria Estefan, Nannerl O. Keohane, Jennifer Dulski, Dr. Marcia McNutt, Pamela Fryman, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Brooke Shields, Laura Bush, Mona Sinha, Gloria Allred, Joy Marcus, Judy Vredenburgh, Sharon Osbourne, Beverly Johnson, Michelle King, Dr. Karen Antman, MD, Dr. Amy Antman Gelfand, MD, Mary Steenburgen, Kimberley Hatchett, Cheryl Saban, C. Noel Bairey Merz, Alex Guarneschelli, Dana Walden, Mia Hamm, Margaret Abe-Koga, Roma Downey, Chirlane McCray, Blythe Danner, Sheila Bair, Ruth W. Messinger, Norah O'Donnell, Donna de Varona, Nancy Josephson, Sukhinder Singh Cassidy, Jeanne Newman, and Christine Baranski.

In a time when childhood seems at once more fraught and more precious than ever, What I Told My Daughter is a book no one concerned with connecting with a young girl can afford to miss.

Through my daughter's eyes / Geena Davis -- Future women presidents / Cecile Richards -- Sacrifices / Dolores Huerta -- Dear Eva / Rabbi Sharon Brous -- The perfect paradox / Peggy Orenstein -- The danger of fear / Debora Black -- Be nice to the fat girls / Ayelet Waldman -- The estrogen express / Pat Benatar -- The right to choose / Whoopi Goldberg -- Out loud and proud / Susan Love, MD -- Get a life / Nancy Pelosi -- Roots and wings / Alexandra Pelosi -- Nineteen / Marie Osmond -- The wall / Dr. Juliet Garcia -- Faith, family, and country / Jehan Sadat, PhD -- Role reversals / Madeleine Albright -- Listening in the rowboat / Joanna Kerns -- The Dalai Lama's slam dunk / Gloria Estefan -- Walking and talking / Nannerl O. Keohane -- Natural talents / Jennifer Dulski -- Freedom of choice / Dr. Marcia McNutt -- An education on the set / Pamela Fryman -- Independence / Ruth Bader Ginsburg -- Just a mom / Brooke Shields -- Learning from a tragedy / Laura W. Bush -- Letter to my girls / Mona Sinha -- Don't agonize, organize / Gloria Allred -- Thelma, Eva, and me / Joy Marcus -- The gift of getting fired / Judy Vredenburgh -- Privileges / Sharon Osbourne -- Women have a voice / Beverly Johnson -- Simply irresistible / Michelle King -- Not much / Karen Antman, MD -- So much / Amy Antman Gelfand, MD -- My mother's example / Mary Steenburgen -- Color-blind lenses / Kimberley Hatchett -- Don't land on it / Cheryl Saban -- The value of work / C. Noel Bairey Merz, MD -- A pinch of ginger / Alex Guarnaschelli -- The new best friend / Dana Walden -- The most important goal / Mia Hamm -- Just Listen / Margaret Abe-Koga -- Love is a verb / Roma Downey -- An act of strength / Chirlane McCray -- An activist upbringing / Blythe Danner -- The rules / Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye -- The cooking lesson / Sheila Bair -- The tables turn / Ruth W. Messinger -- The CEO of cupcake management / Norah O'Donnell -- Hot flashes / Donna de Varona -- Rachel's turn / Nancy Josephson -- The making of makers / Sukhinder Singh Cassidy -- I am the Tooth Fairy / Jeanne Newman -- Back in the saddle / Christine Baranski.

A "diverse group of women--from Madeleine Albright To Ruth Bader Ginsburg, from Dr. Susan Love to Whoopi Goldberg and more...reflect on the best advice and counsel they have given their daughters either by example, throughout their lives, or in character-building, teachable moments between parent and child."--Book jacket.

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