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Burkholder, an author, speaker, college professor, pianist, and humanitarian worker, relates the sto...
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Burkholder, an author, speaker, college professor, pianist, and humanitarian worker, relates the stories of 17 women who changed the world and fought poverty, financial struggles, discrimination, violence, and injustice. She aims to inspire women to become successful by outlining 24 ways successful people think and act and how to think big. She offers a short history of women's rights in the US and discusses the possibility of a female president, then recounts the stories of Susan B. Anthony, Marie Curie, Shirley Chisholm, Amelia Earhart, Esther Morris, Suze Orman, Emmeline Pankhurst, Eleanor Roosevelt, Wilma Rudolph, Aung San Suu Kyi, Mother Theresa, Valentina Tereshkova, Harriet Tubman, Madam C.J. Walker, Meryl Streep, Oprah Winfrey, and Victoria Woodhull. There is no index. Annotation ©2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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