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Inspiring Women: Stories and Wisdom to Guide the Next Generation Shared by Successful Women from Around the World
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My Girl Scout Gold Award Project For my Girl Scout Gold Award Project, I interviewed 30 inspiring women from around the world and published a book and sharing their experiences. My goal is to make positive female role models more accessible to girls. I hope to inspire girls to work towards their goals by illustrating how women in our society have conquered the odds to become successful in their fields. I want all girls to have a woman to look up to and I hope to make role models more accessible through my book. Inspiring Women is an anthology of female luminaries’ life lessons and experiences meant to guide and inspire the next generation of young women. Present day leaders and distinguished members of athletics, academia, STEM, public service, and the arts share hardships, triumphs and wisdom highlighting women's unique challenges and offering very human interpretations of success. I feel there is a shortage of easily accessible positive female role models. My goal for this book was to provide the next generation of young women a collection of real life inspirational stories by interviewing women and sharing their life lessons. More than 200 women were contacted, resulting in the 30 interviews included in this book. I have learned many life lessons from this project, not only from the advice given in the interviews, but also during the process of completing this book. The advice that resonated most with me was that you have to do what you love and stick with your interests, even when it gets difficult. |
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Here are some of the inspiring women who are featured:
- Rachel Atherton - World's best female pro mountain biker
- Meredith Bennett - NBC television producer
- Staci D. Bilbo - Duke professor of Psychology and Neuroscience, researcher
- Evelina Cabrera - Argentinian soccer coach
- Majora Carter - Environmentalist / real estate developer
- Kim Cobb - Climate scientist
- Rita Colwell - Microbiologist and head of National Science Foundation
- Sarah Deer - Attorney, professor of women's studies, advocate for Native American victims
- Caitlin Flanagan - Editor of The Atlantic
- Jennifer A. Francis - Senior scientist at Woods Hole on arctic weather
- Melissa Franklin - Experimental physicist
- Maggie Hassan - US Senator
- Dr. Catherine Heymans - Astronomer Royal for Scotland
- Andrea Higgins - Artist from Dartmouth College
- Lydia Jacoby - Olympic swimmer
- Jessica Kahn - US Medicaid leader
- Maj Gen Jennie M. Leavitt - Major General and first women to pilot fighter jets
- Ellen Ochoa - Retired director of NASA Johnson Space Center, Astronaut, first Hispanic woman in space
- Taylor Jenkins Reid - New York Times bestselling author
- Dr. Laurie Santos - Yale psychology professor
- Jeanne Shaheen - US Senator
- Sonia Sharma - Immunologist
- Dr. Ruth Simmons - Past president of Brown University
- Jane Smiley - Pulitzer-prize-winning author
- Judge O. Rogeriee Thompson - First Circuit Court Justice
- Suzanne Vega - Grammy-award-winning musician
- Evelyn N. Wang - Director of MIT's mechanical engineering department
- Taylor Woods - Fitness influencer
- ryki zuckerman - Poet and founding member of Earth's Daughters
- Daria Krylova - Illustrator
"I want all girls to have a woman to look up to that they can relate with and become inspired by."
About the author:
Rosie McQuilkin is also the author of Get Outdoors: Memories of a Childhood Spent in the Woods, a compilation of anecdotes and instructional passages from a childhood spent unplugged. Rosie began adventuring at age three and after nearly two decades spent playing in the woods, she brings a unique perspective to children’s environmental education. A New Hampshire native, Rosie has summited all 100 of New England's highest peaks, including the 67 New England four-thousand-foot mountains. In 2022, she plans to complete the Winter White Mountain Four-Thousand-Footer hiking list.
Rosie is a high school student with a passion for writing and photography and has won several national and state art competitions. A lifelong Girl Scout and member of BSA Scouts, Rosie is dedicated to educating and inspiring young people. When not at school, Rosie can be found reading, creating content, cooking, traveling, and spending time outdoors.
Rosie is a high school student with a passion for writing and photography and has won several national and state art competitions. A lifelong Girl Scout and member of BSA Scouts, Rosie is dedicated to educating and inspiring young people. When not at school, Rosie can be found reading, creating content, cooking, traveling, and spending time outdoors.
