Financial Nutrition® for Young Women

How (and Why) to Teach Girls about Money

Melissa Donohue

• Publisher: Praeger
• Year: 2017
• Print ISBN:
  9781440852305
• Edition: 1
• eBook ISBN:
  9798216084570
• Topic: Business
• Subtopic: Finance
• Index: Business

A powerful resource for all women who want a better understanding of financial empowerment, this book provides an easy-to-follow approach for adults to teach girls about money-and for girls to do some learning on their own.

Women earn 78 cents on the dollar, on average, compared to men in America, despite decades of fighting for wage equality. And while it is true that women have significantly more opportunities for earning than in past eras, this improved ability for women to determine their own financial future makes it more important that girls understand the strategies for financial success.

Financial Nutrition® for Young Women: How (and Why) to Teach Girls about Money addresses the two critical levels that are necessary to truly eradicate women's economic inequality: what to teach girls and what women need to learn. Authored by a financial educator who is also a mother and a teacher, this book is for people who care about teenage girls-parents and other family members, educators, financial advisors, troop leaders, camp directors, and community organization leaders. The talking points and independent activities are easily accessible and engaging for both adults and students. Financial Nutrition® for Young Women: How (and Why) to Teach Girls about Money can be used effectively in the home, the classroom, afterschool programs, clubs, and camps, as well as in girls' organizations. It can also be a resource to women who want to better understand how to empower themselves financially.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Contents
• Foreword by Molly Donohue
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Chapter 1. Women and Money: Telling the Story for Girls
• Chapter 2. The Financial Nutrition® Method Underlying It All
• Chapter 3. Income: Learn Not to Underearn
• Chapter 4. Budgeting and Saving: Needs versus Wants
• Chapter 5. Compound Interest: You Can Understand This!
• Chapter 6. Debt and Credit: Let’s Manage This
• Chapter 7. Investing: Girls Don’t Need to Fall Behind
• Chapter 8. Taxes Don’t Have to Be a Dirty Word
• Chapter 9. Insurance: The Ultimate Hedge
• Chapter 10. Financial Information Sources: Education and Experts Matter
• Chapter 11. Entrepreneurship: Think in a New Way
• Chapter 12. From Here: How to Keep the Learning and Empowerment Going
• Appendix 1: Financial Nutrition® Clubs
• Appendix 2: Financial Nutrition® Curriculum
• Notes
• Index