Girl to Boss!: Advice for Girls from 50 of America's Most Successful Women

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Fifty women. Fifty inspiring stories. Fifty role models for Americas girls!

Spies. Venture capitalists. Pilots and Pulitzer Prize winners. Doctors and diplomats. Economists and engineers. Scientists and CEOs. Teachers. Software developers. Video game makers. And so many more!

In this amazing bookbased on dozens of interviewsfifty of Americas most successful women, some famous, some not, reveal their tips on how they made it. How they blazed their own trail. How they learned along the way. How they dealt with setbacks and defied the naysayers.

Written for girls ages nine and upgirls who will soon enter what is a rapidly evolving economy and a rapidly evolving workforceGirl to Boss! will inspire, entertain, and inform the next generation of leaders and achievers!

Featuring interviews with:
-Maureen Dowd, Pulitzer PrizeWinning Columnist for the New York Times
-Norah ODonnell, Anchor, CBS Evening News
-Ruth Ben-Ghiat, Historian and Professor, NYU
-Nol Bakhtian, Director of Tech Acceleration, Bezos Earth Fund
-Carmen Medina, Former Deputy Director, CIA
-Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Former US Representative
-Eun Sun Kim, Music Director, San Francisco Opera
-Jill Hennessy, Actor, Singer, Songwriter
-Dr. Seema Yasmin, Epidemiologist, Stanford University
-Vernice FlyGirl Armour, First Black Female Combat Pilot
-Cynthia Germanotta (Lady Gagas Mom), President, Born This Way Foundation
-Pam Randhawa, CEO, Empiriko Corp.
-Kimberly Smith Spacek, Head of Capital Formation, TechStars
-Cynthia Marshall, CEO, Dallas Mavericks, NBA
-Benita Fitzgerald Mosley, Olympic Gold Medalist
-And many more inspiring women!

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Girl to Boss! Advice for Girls from 50 of Americas Most Successful Women by Julia Taylor Brandus (with a little help from Mom and Dad) is a great resource for the next generation of women leaders. The collection of conversations helps young women dream big by providing impactful stories, thoughtful advice, and tangible lessons all from the perspective of ten-year-old Taylor Brandus. Interviewees include prominent leaders from a broad range of industriesartificial intelligence, business, sustainability, government, technology, and morea testament to the boundless possibilities of women. I am confident this book will serve to empower and inspire the next generation of women leaders. -- Jessica Sibley, CEO, Time, Inc.

Author Bio

Julia Taylor Brandus, eleven, is a sixth grader in Virginia. She plays basketball and soccer, reads, and is learning to play the bass. She lives with her mom, dad, and Poppy the Corgi. This is her first book.

A historian and keynote speakerincluding at seven presidential librariesPaul Brandus is a columnist for USA Today and Dow Jones/MarketWatch, and one of the most followed journalists in the White House press corps, with more than 375,000 Twitter followers (@WestWingReport). He is the author of books on the White House and presidency, U.S. military, and former First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy. His podcast, Jackie, has won numerous awards. He lives in the Washington, D.C. area with his family.