The Book of Gutsy Women: Favorite Stories of Courage and Resilience
448The Book of Gutsy Women: Favorite Stories of Courage and Resilience
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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 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.
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781508299226 |
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Publisher: | Simon & Schuster Audio |
Publication date: | 10/01/2019 |
Edition description: | Unabridged |
Pages: | 448 |
Sales rank: | 1,112,204 |
Product dimensions: | 5.10(w) x 5.90(h) x 1.20(d) |
About the Author
Chelsea Clinton is a champion for girls and women through her advocacy, writing, and work at the Clinton Foundation. She is also an adjunct assistant professor at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health. She lives in New York City with her husband, their children, and their dog.
Hillary Rodham Clinton is the first woman to be nominated for president by a major political party and the winner of the national popular vote. She served as Secretary of State after nearly four decades in public service as an attorney, First Lady, and US Senator. She is married to former US President Bill Clinton and is a mother and grandmother. Visit HillaryClinton.com.
Chelsea Clinton is a champion for girls and women through her advocacy, writing, and work at the Clinton Foundation. She is also an adjunct assistant professor at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health. She lives in New York City with her husband, their children, and their dog.
Table of Contents
Introduction ix
Early Inspirations 1
First Inspirations
Harriet Tubman
Anna Pavlova, Isadora Duncan, Maria Tallchief, and Virginia Johnson
Helen Keller
Margaret Chase Smith
Margaret Bourke-White
Maria von Trapp
Anne Frank
Rigoherta Menchú Tum
Jackie Joyner-Kersee and Florence Griffith Joyner
Education Pioneers 53
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz
Margaret Bancroft
Juliette Gordon Low
Maria Montessori and Joan Ganz Cooney
Mary McLeod Bethune
Esther Martinez
Daisy Bates
Patsy Mink, Bernice Sandler, and Edith Green
Ruby Bridges Hall
Malala Yousafzai
Earth Defenders 95
Marjory Stoneman Douglas
Rachel Carson
Jane Jacobs and Peggy Shepard
Jane Goodall and "The Trimates"
Wangari Maathai
Alice Min Soo Chun
Greta Thunherg
Explorers and Inventors 127
Caroline Herschel and Vera Rubin
Ada Lovelace and Grace Hopper
Margaret Knight and Madam C. J. Walker
Marie Curie and Irène Joliot-Curie
Hedy Lamarr
Sylvia Earle
Sally Ride
Mae Jemison
Healers 161
Florence Nightingale
Clara Barton
Elizabeth Blackwell, Rebecca Lee Crumpler, and Mary Edwards Walker
Betty Ford
Mathilde Krim
Dr. Gao Yaojie
Dr. Hawa Abdi
Flossie Wong-Staal
Molly Melching
Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha
Vaccinators
Athletes 199
Alice Coachman and Wilma Rudolph
Junko Tabei
Billie Jean King
Diana Nyad
Abby Wambach
Michelle Kwan
Venus and Serena Williams
Ibtihaj Muhammad
Tatyana McFadden
Caster Semenya
Aly Raisman
Advocates and Activists 241
Dorothy Height and Sojourner Truth
Ida B. Wells
Eleanor Roosevelt
Elizabeth Peratrovich
Rosa Parks and Claudette Colvin
Coretta Scott King
Dolores Huerta
The Peacemakers
Victoria Mxenge
Ai-jen Poo
Sarah Brady, Gabby Giffords, Nelba Marque/Greene, Shannon Watts, and Lucy McBath
Nza-Ari Khepra, Emma Gonzalez, Naomi Wadler, Edna Chavez, Jazmine Wildcat, and Julia Spoor
Becca Heller
Storytellers 303
Maya Angelou
Mary Beard
Jineth Bedoya Lima
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
America Ferrera
Ali Stroker
Amani Al-Khatahtbeh
Elected Leaders 329
Bella Abzug
Shirley Chisholm
Ann Richards
Geraldine Ferraro
Barbara Jordan
Barbara Mikulski
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
Wilma Mankiller
Michelle Bachelet
Danica Roem
Groundbreakers 371
Frances Perkins
Katharine Graham
Constance Baker Motley
Edie Windsor
Ela Bhatt
Temple Grandin
Ellen DeGeneres
Maya Lin
Sally Yates
Kimberly Bryant and Reshma Saujani
Women's Rights Champions 411
Rosa May Billinghurst
The Suffragists
Sophia Duleep Singh
Fraidy Reiss
Manal al-Sharif
Nadia Murad
Epilogue 438
Acknowledgments 441
Index 443
Photo credits 449