Daring to Be Ourselves:Influential Women Share Insights on Courage, Happiness, and Finding Your Own Voice - Softcover

Marianne Schnall

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1598425323 ISBN 13: 9781598425321

Publisher: Blue Mountain Arts, Inc., 2010

Synopsis

This impressive collection brings together words of wisdom from many of today's most renowned and influential women, including Maya Angelou, Jane Fonda, Gloria Steinem, Cameron Diaz, Melissa Etheridge, Alice Walker, Eve Ensler, Isabel Allende, Elizabeth Lesser, Jane Goodall, and many others. Together, their voices speak to women of all ages and walks of life, addressing issues like equality, overcoming adversity, finding balance, and being more connected to the earth. Experience the power of their words as they share their passions and struggles, life philosophies, and hopes and dreams for the future. Let them inspire you in your own life to find your voice, speak your truth, and make a difference in the world.

"From a lifetime of interviewing diverse women, Marianne Schnall has chosen quotations that address big questions, then clustered them around turning points in life. Daring to Be Ourselves is a gift, a joy and a rescue." --Gloria Steinem

About this title

About the Author:

Marianne Schnall is a widely published writer and interviewer. She is also the founder of the women's website Feminist.com and cofounder of EcoMall.com, a website promoting environmentally-friendly living. Marianne has worked for many media outlets and publications. Her interviews with well-known individuals appear at Feminist.com as well as in publications such as O, The Oprah Magazine, Glamour, In Style, The Huffington Post, The Women's Media Center, and many others. Through her writings, interviews, and websites, Marianne strives to raise awareness and inspire activism around important issues and causes.

Review:

Marianne Schnall has gathered up a provocative, soulful, and deeply helpful book of women, wisdom, and ways to move us all forward. It is a gift!!! --Eve Ensler

Daring to Be Ourselves is lovely and useful and true. --Alice Walker

Daring to Be Ourselves is a profoundly empowering book filled with quotes written by some of the most influential women of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, such as Jane Fonda, Cameron Diaz, Maya Angelou, Gloria Steinem, Melissa Etheridge, Natalie Portman, and many more. They all share opinions about issues of equality, caring for the earth, self-love, and words of wisdom to young girls.

I feel deeply fortunate to have had the chance to read this book. Women are constantly putting themselves down and trying too hard to be perfect, like the artificial women we see on glossy magazines. It's crucial for women to know that we don't need to duplicate those images we see in the media.

Marianne Schnall has produced a book that will not only empower young women, but make them see how amazing it is to be a woman. She shows us that with a little more self-confidence we too can be as strong and liberated as the women whom she quotes. --Lauren Kearney, Teen Voices

About this edition

• Publisher: Blue Mountain Arts, Inc.
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1598425323
• ISBN 13: 9781598425321
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 92