What I Told My Daughter: Lessons from Leaders on Raising the Next Generation of Empowered Women

Written by Cynthia Littleton and Nina Tassler

Narrated by Madeleine Maby, Janina Edwards, Fiona Hardingham and 2 more

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.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
• Release date: Apr 5, 2016
• ISBN: 9781508222491

Reviews for What I Told My Daughter

[hlselz · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Mostly rich, white women telling stories about lessons their privilidged daughters learned at private schools. A couple good essays — Whoopi’s Goldberg, etc.

[betsykipnis · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

In this case, you can judge a book by its cover. "What I Told My Daughter" is a compilation of short narratives by women leaders and what they told their daughters in response to their professional experiences OR as it may have affected their upbringing.Within this work stories of gender equality, feminism, color blindness, the changing nature of family as more women lead them, and the importance of knowing one's inner compass while choosing opportunities and stations in life.Some of the stories are ones to breeze through and others demonstrate so well how our daughters choose according to what they know or what we tell them is ok to try to know. There were a few gems in here, but maybe wait until it shows up at Costco, I'm guessing around Mother's Day.