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Search - The Book of Gutsy Women: Favorite Stories of Courage and Resilience

The Book of Gutsy Women FavoriteStories of Courage and Resilience
Author: Hillary Rodham Clinton, Chelsea Clinton

Hillary Rodham Clinton and her daughter, Chelsea, share the stories of the gutsy women who have inspired them?women with the courage to stand up to the status quo, ask hard questions, and get the job done. — She couldn?t have been more than seven or eight years old. ?Go ahead, ask your question,? her father urged, nudging her forward. She smiled ... more »shyly and said, ?You?re my hero. Who?s yours??

Many people?especially girls?have asked us that same question over the years. It?s one of our favorite topics.

HILLARY: Growing up, I knew hardly any women who worked outside the home. So I looked to my mother, my teachers, and the pages of Life magazine for inspiration. After learning that Amelia Earhart kept a scrapbook with newspaper articles about successful women in male-dominated jobs, I started a scrapbook of my own. Long after I stopped clipping articles, I continued to seek out stories of women who seemed to be redefining what was possible.

CHELSEA: This book is the continuation of a conversation the two of us have been having since I was little. For me, too, my mom was a hero; so were my grandmothers. My early teachers were also women. But I grew up in a world very different from theirs. My pediatrician was a woman, and so was the first mayor of Little Rock who I remember from my childhood. Most of my close friends? moms worked outside the home as nurses, doctors, teachers, professors, and in business. And women were going into space and breaking records here on Earth.

Ensuring the rights and opportunities of women and girls remains a big piece of the unfinished business of the twenty-first century. While there?s a lot of work to do, we know that throughout history and around the globe women have overcome the toughest resistance imaginable to win victories that have made progress possible for all of us. That is the achievement of each of the women in this book.

So how did they do it? The answers are as unique as the women themselves. Civil rights activist Dorothy Height, LGBTQ trailblazer Edie Windsor, and swimmer Diana Nyad kept pushing forward, no matter what. Writers like Rachel Carson and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie named something no one had dared talk about before. Historian Mary Beard used wit to open doors that were once closed, and Wangari Maathai, who sparked a movement to plant trees, understood the power of role modeling. Harriet Tubman and Malala Yousafzai looked fear in the face and persevered. Nearly every single one of these women was fiercely optimistic?they had faith that their actions could make a difference. And they were right.

To us, they are all gutsy women?leaders with the courage to stand up to the status quo, ask hard questions, and get the job done. So in the moments when the long haul seems awfully long, we hope you will draw strength from these stories. We do. Because if history shows one thing, it?s that the world needs gutsy women.

ISBN-13: 9781501178412
ISBN-10: 1501178415
Publication Date: 10/1/2019
Pages: 464
Rating:

Currently 3.7/5 Stars.

3.7 stars, based on 6 ratings

Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Book Type: Hardcover
Members Wishing: 12
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Genres:

Biographies & Memoirs >> Specific Groups >> Women
History >> World >> Women in History
Nonfiction >> Women's Studies

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