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[2021]
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"CNN news anchor Brooke Baldwin explores the phenomenon of "huddling," when women lean on one another--in politics, Hollywood, activism, the arts, sports, and everyday friendships--to provide each other support, empowerment, inspiration, and the strength to solve problems or enact meaningful change. Whether they are facing adversity (like workplace inequity or a global pandemic) or organizing to make the world a better place, women are a highly potent...
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2017.
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"Once the poster girl for doing it all, after she had her first child Tiffany Dufu struggled to accomplish everything she thought she needed to in order to succeed. Like so many driven and talented women who have been brought up to believe that to have it all, they must do it all, Dufu began to feel that achieving her career and personal goals was an impossibility. Eventually, she discovered the solution: letting go. In [this book], Dufu recounts...
25) Thirteen hours
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Pub. Date
2008
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"Stuck on a broken down elevator for thirteen hours two women discover how wrong first impressions can be-- and how right two strangers can feel together."--Back cover.
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
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"Women of color and children of immigrants have a different experience when climbing the ladder toward success. Throughout her career, bestselling author and MSNBC producer Daniela Pierre-Bravo was driven to land a good job, achieve the American Dream, and make her family proud. As an undocumented immigrant from Chile, she went through her high school and college years in the shadows, working in the back of kitchens and selling cosmetics door-to-door...
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Pub. Date
[2024]
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"If you could go back and share words of wisdom with your younger self, what would you want to say? Thirty-five barrier-breaking women answer that question in the empowering new young adult anthology Dear Younger Me: What 35 Trailblazing Women Wish They'd Known as Girls. Emmy Award-winning journalist Elisa Boxer delivers in-depth profiles of these inspirational women, detailing their struggles and achievements and featuring a personal message from...
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Pub. Date
[2022]
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"Smart strategies for succeeding at work-tailor-made for female professionals in underrepresented communities For female professionals in underrepresented communities, scaling the corporate ladder comes with a unique set of challenges and obstacles. In Show Your Worth, Shelmina Abji shows you how the power of intention-developing and executing a clear aim and plan-can help you steer your way through the headwinds to achieve your goals. Abji writes...
Series
Reference shelf volume 86, no. 2
Pub. Date
2014.
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Collects articles that discuss the changing roles of women in the work place and at home.
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Pub. Date
2001
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1st to Die: In San Francisco newlyweds are being stalked - and slaughtered. Enter four unforgettable women, all friends... Lindsay, a homicide inspector int he city's police department... Claire, a medical examiner... Jill, an assistant D.A....and Cindy, a reporter who has just started working the crime desk of the San Francisco Chronicle. Joining forces, pooling their talents, courage, and brains, they have one goal. To find, trap, and outwit the...
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2006
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"What is the profession that has enabled Mrs. Warren to give her daughter all the benefits of 'good society'? Vivie Warren discovers her mother's secrets and embraces her own power as a 'modern' woman"--Container.
In the bonus play, "Mrs. Landfrey and her three children return to England after 18 years abroad, where a chance encounter with their traditionalist husband and father quickly entangles them in a series of comic events"--Container.
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