What I Told My Daughter

Lessons from Leaders on Raising the Next Generation of Empowered Women

Nina Tassler, Cynthia Littleton

• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Year: 2016
• Topic: Social Sciences
• eBook ISBN:
  9781476734699
• Subtopic: Social Science Biographies
• Index: Social Sciences

Empower yourself and the latest generation of girls with this collection of inspiring reflections from notable, highly accomplished women in politics, academia, athletics, the arts, and business, including Madeleine Albright, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and more.

In What I Told My Daughter, a powerful, diverse group of women 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 teachers her daughter, by example, the importance of being a leader who connects with everyone—from the ground up, literally—in an organization.

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.”

In a time when childhood seems at once more fraught and more precious than ever, What I Told My Daughter is a book anyone who wishes to connect with a young girl cannot afford to miss.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Dedication
• Preface by Nina Tassler
• “Through My Daughter’s Eyes” by Geena Davis
• “Future Women Presidents” by Cecile Richards
• “Sacrifices” by Dolores Huerta
• “Dear Eva” by Rabbi Sharon Brous
• “The Perfect Paradox” by Peggy Orenstein
• “The Danger of Fear” by Debora Black
• “Be Nice to the Fat Girls” by Ayelet Waldman
• “The Estrogen Express” by Pat Benatar
• “The Right to Choose” by Whoopi Goldberg
• “Out Loud and Proud” by Susan Love, MD
• “Get a Life” by Nancy Pelosi
• “Roots and Wings” by Alexandra Pelosi
• “Nineteen” by Marie Osmond
• “The Wall” by Dr. Juliet García
• “Faith, Family, and Country” by Jehan Sadat, Phd
• “Role Reversals” by Madeleine Albright
• “Listening in the Rowboat” by Joanna Kerns
• “The Dalai Lama’s Slam Dunk” by Gloria Estefan
• “Walking and Talking” by Nannerl O. Keohane
• “Natural Talents” by Jennifer Dulski
• “Freedom of Choice” by Dr. Marcia McNutt
• “An Education on the Set” by Pamela Fryman
• “Independence” by Ruth Bader Ginsburg
• “Just a Mom” by Brooke Shields
• “Learning from Tragedy” by Laura W. Bush
• “Letter to My Girls” by Mona Sinha
• “Don’t Agonize, Organize” by Gloria Allred
• “Thelma, Eva, and Me” by Joy Marcus
• “The Gift of Getting Fired” by Judy Vredenburgh
• “Privileges” by Sharon Osbourne
• “Women Have a Voice” by Beverly Johnson
• “Simply Irresistible” by Michelle King
• “Not Much” by Karen Antman, MD
• “So Much” by Amy Antman Gelfand, MD
• “My Mother’s Example” by Mary Steenburgen
• “Color-Blind Lenses” by Kimberley Hatchett
• “Don’t Land on It” by Cheryl Saban
• “The Value of Work” by C. Noel Bairey Merz, MD
• “A Pinch of Ginger” by Alex Guarnaschelli
• “The New Best Friend” by Dana Walden
• “The Most Important Goal” by Mia Hamm
• “Just Listen” by Margaret Abe-Koga
• “Love Is a Verb” by Roma Downey
• “An Act of Strength” by Chirlane McCray
• “An Activist Upbringing” by Blythe Danner
• “The Rules” by Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye
• “The Cooking Lesson” by Sheila Bair
• “The Tables Turn” by Ruth W. Messinger
• “The CEO of Cupcake Management” by Norah O’Donnell
• “Hot Flashes” by Donna De Varona
• “Rachel’s Turn” by Nancy Josephson
• “The Making of Makers” by Sukhinder Singh Cassidy
• “I Am the Tooth Fairy” by Jeanne Newman
• “Back in the Saddle” by Christine Baranski
• Acknowledgments
• About the Authors
• Copyright