Know Your Power: A Message to America's Daughters | Nancy Pelosi, Amy Hill Hearth

Know Your Power: A Message to America's Daughters | Nancy Pelosi, Amy Hill Hearth | good political reference book for school libraries

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	Know Your Power: A Message to America's Daughters Nancy Pelosi, Amy Hill Hearth Doubleday, 2008 - 192 pages average customer review:based on 134 reviews view larger image
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?Never losing faith, we waited through the many years of struggle to achieve our rights. But women weren't just waiting; women were working. 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. She gavelled the House to order that day on behalf of all of America?s children and said, ?We have made history, now let us make progress.? 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.

In these pages, she encourages mothers and grandmothers, daughters and granddaughters to never lose faith, to speak out and make their voices heard, to focus on what matters most and follow their dreams wherever they may lead. Perhaps the Speaker says it best herself in the Preface: ?I find it humbling and deeply moving when women and girls approach me, looking for insight and advice. If women can learn from me, in the same way I learned from the women who came before me, it will make the honor of being Speaker of the House even more meaningful.?

This is a truly special book to share with all the women you know. It is a keepsake to turn to again and again, whenever you need to be reminded that anything is possible when you know your power.

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Inspiring

House Speaker Pelosi's inspiring story will hopefully lead many young women to a life of service.

good political reference book for school libraries

Amy Hill Hearth did a great job summarizing major stepping stones in our first female Speaker of the House' life. She touches on the main challenges faced by a dedicated mother of five, wife and career politician. Certainly Amy had a huge selection of material - Nancy has lived a fascinating life to date. I was disappointed that the book was written specifically for teen and pre-teen daughters and sons as I had been under the impression that this was a book for adults. Perhaps once Nancy has retired and is sufficiently distant from the current political circus, she will share some of her incredible experiences with the reader as well as, hopefully, some of her beliefs and opinions. As a book for young people I would give it 5 stars. It would have also helped to have included photos. Nancy strikes me as a highly intelligent, dedicated, cultivated and attractive lady and the book would have been enriched by professional and personal photos. I look forward to one day reading her unabbreviated memoir - if not as an autobiography then as an in-depth treatise by Doris Goodwin Kearns. Giving this book an average of 1.5 stars is not an accurate reflection of its value - it deserves at least 3.

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