Just a Girl: Growing Up Female and Ambitious

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Within 24 hours of the first #MeToo Movement tweet, Facebook reported 12 million posts on the topic. Twitter confirmed over 1.7 million tweets had been made with the hashtag in little over a week.

Up to 90% of women in the workplace have experienced sexual harassment, depending on the industry.

64% of female scientists surveyed have been sexually harassed during field work alone.

Over 75% of sexual harassment incidents in the workplace are not reported.

Sexual harassment training still is not required for companies in 46 states.

AUDIENCE:

Women who have been harassed and not dealt with it, especially beneficial to older women raised in the pre-girl power era

Women interested in career/workplace, social change, STEM, and womens issues.

Any age male who is confused or cares about sexual harassment and wants to learn what it really is, what behaviors constitute harassment, and how to stop it.

Parents who are concerned about sexual harassment and want to know how they can start a boys and mens liberation movement, teach their sons not to sexually harass females, and build self-confidence in their daughters.

Educators in American history and womens studies courses who want to include sexual harassment history in their curriculum and its impact on STEM, womens lives, corporations, and the workforce. The book has appeal because it is academic but not dry and should be included on course reading lists.

Corporations who need this book to revolutionize their sexual harassment training courses.

Reviews

"Debut author Jackson recounts incidents of sexual harassment, revealing the generational wounds that the #MeToo movement seeks to heal. . . . An unflinching memoir that offers vital American history."

--Kirkus Reviews

"As a Silicon Valley refugee myself, I deeply understand how challenging it is to be an ambitious woman in a male-dominated field (and world). Kudos to Jackson for capturing these challenges with spirit and hope. A must-read for all women who have ever bumped into the glass ceiling and broken through. Highly recommended!"

--Stephanie Chandler, author and CEO of the Nonfiction Authors Association

"This powerful memoir will help other women, in spite of anti-female adversity, overcome pain, self-blame, and shame. It will be especially beneficial to vulnerable young women as they try to make their way in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM)."

--Beverly Engel, LMFT, best-selling author of I'm Saying No! Standing up Against Sexual Assault, Sexual Harassment, and Sexual Pressure

"This is a critical book that all corporations should study in order to evolve their companies into a place where women want to work. Lucinda Jackson tells it like it is, and her takeaways and review of legal precedents are relevant to all women and men who work in corporations. Her chronology of the past seven decades teaches us how women are silenced by men and by their own pain, and how difficult it is to break through social and legal barriers to realize their professional and personal dreams. We have a long way to go, but Jackson tells us how we can get there."

--Silvia Garrigo, Global Vice President, Millicom International

"In the riveting Just a Girl: Growing up Female and Ambitious, Dr. Lucinda Jackson vividly describes how she surmounted harassment, discrimination, and dirty tricks on America's farms and at top corporations to become a respected scientist and corporate leader. But rather than focusing on victimhood, she forges powerful recommendations for how women can overcome sexism and pursue successful careers in science. Readers of this book will be inspired to redouble society's efforts to create a more fair and equitable culture for both women and men."

--Cheryl Karpowicz, Senior Vice President, Ecology and Environment, Inc.

"Lucinda Jackson attains shero status as she chronicles her triumph over sexual harassment that is ever present as air. A corporate scientist and academic, Jackson compellingly weaves her personal story with society's awakening and progress toward addressing this scourge."

--Andrea Jarrell, author of I'm the One Who Got Away: A Memoir

"Just a Girl needed to be written. It reads like a memoir and keeps the reader captivated; however, it is for all professional women, especially those who have worked in corporate America and lived through the sexual harassment, double standard, and pain of having to mold themselves into a male version of themselves. This book doesn't leave you angry or feeling hopeless. Instead, it offers solutions for how women can learn to stand in their authentic selves, have a stronger voice, and raise boys to be more conscious and compassionate."

--Kaya Singer, author of Wiser and Wilder: A Soulful Path for Visionary Women Entrepreneurs

"Jackson's frank, to-the-point writing style, peppered with humor and expletives in just the right places is a total joy to imbibe--and [her] bravery in speaking the truth is astounding. . . . Sharing hope, she offers grounded, practical tools to actually move the needle."

--Mary Brooks, founder of M2-One

Author Bio

Lucinda Jackson, scientist and corporate executive, spent eight years in academia and more than forty years with Fortune 500 Companies. After growing up on the West Coast, she received her PhD at Southern Illinois University and continued in science throughout her career, speaking worldwide on environmental topics, and serving on boards of academic, non-profit, and industry organizations. Dr. Jackson has published peer-reviewed articles, patents, and book chapters and is working on a book series about freedom after a career-dominated life. After Peace Corps volunteerism in Palau and teaching science in Mexico, Dr. Jackson and her husband returned recently to their home near San Francisco. They have three male-liberated sons who are scattered around the globe.