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What Girls Need by Marisa Porges
“A powerful book about how we can raise girls to become bold, ambitious women.”

–Adam Grant

Marisa Porges
2020-06-22T21:34:35+00:00

–Adam Grant

“A powerful book about how we can raise girls to become bold, ambitious women.”
"Empowering and insightful."

–Angela Duckworth, world-renowned psychologist and New York Times bestselling author of Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance

Marisa Porges
2020-06-22T21:35:10+00:00

–Angela Duckworth, world-renowned psychologist and New York Times bestselling author of Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance

"Empowering and insightful."
“Practical, persuasive advice for raising confident, dynamic girls prepared to tackle any challenge.”

–Kirkus Reviews

Marisa Porges
2020-06-22T21:35:40+00:00

–Kirkus Reviews

“Practical, persuasive advice for raising confident, dynamic girls prepared to tackle any challenge.”
“An insightful guidebook for parents, teachers, and all young women.”

–Booklist

Marisa Porges
2020-06-25T17:10:45+00:00

–Booklist

“An insightful guidebook for parents, teachers, and all young women.”
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Marisa Porges

What do girls really need to succeed?

Children today face an uncertain future, and parents and teachers can’t fully predict what’s in store for their daughters and sons. But one thing is clear: Our kids need a new set of skills to succeed. Girls, in particular, must nurture essential traits to fully flourish. Students hit the ground running today, entering a school system that carries high expectations on their way to a college application process that is more demanding than ever. After school, young women enter a competitive job market, still complicated by sexism and the possibility of harassment. But the ways we define leadership are also changing, and the women stepping into those roles are mapping new paths to inhabiting traits like grit, resilience, audacity, and self-confidence…

 

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About the Author

Marisa Porges author of What Girls Need book

Marisa Porges, PhD, author of What Girls Need: How to Raise Bold, Courageous, and Resilient Women, is the eighth Head of School at The Baldwin School, a 130-year-old all-girls school outside of Philadelphia renowned for academic excellence and for preparing girls to be leaders and change-makers. Dr. Porges served in the Obama White House; was a research fellow at Harvard Kennedy School and the Council on Foreign Relations, where her research focused on counterterrorism; and served in the U.S. Navy as one of eight female aviators in an air wing of about two hundred. She lives in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, with her family.

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