Know Your Power: A Message to America's Daughters

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Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2008. júl. 29. - 192 oldal

The national bestseller that has inspired women everywhere to focus on what matters most and follow their dreams wherever they may lead.

“Never losing faith, we worked to redeem the promise of America, that all men and women are created equal. For our daughters and our granddaughters today we have broken the marble ceiling. For our daughters and our granddaughters now the sky is the limit.” —Nancy Pelosi, after being sworn in as Speaker of the House

When Nancy Pelosi became the first woman Speaker of the House, she made history. Now she continues to inspire women everywhere in this thought-provoking collection of wise words—her own and those of the important people who played pivotal roles in her journey.

 

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Tartalomjegyzék

Never Lose Faith
5
Be Open to the New
45
Recognize Opportunity
61
Organize Dont Agonize
69
A Voice That Will Be Heard
87
Do What You Are Doing
99
Think Outside the Beltway
109
PART THREE KNOW YOUR POWER
121
There Is No Secret Sauce
131
Remember When You Used to Cook?
141
The Qualities You Need
147
The Speaker and the President
155
What Matters Most
165
Index
175
141
178
Copyright

A Seat at the Table
123

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A szerzőről (2008)

NANCY PELOSI became Speaker of the House in 2007 after serving twenty years in Congress. She and her husband, Paul, have been married for forty-five years. She is the mother of five children and the grandmother of seven. She divides her time between Washington, D.C. and San Francisco, California.

Bibliográfiai információk

CímKnow Your Power: A Message to America's Daughters
SzerzőNancy Pelosi
KiadóKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2008
ISBN0385526946, 9780385526944
Terjedelem192 oldal
  
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