Why Women Should Rule the World: A Memoir - Hardcover

Dee Dee Myers

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0061140406 ISBN 13: 9780061140402

Publisher: HarperCollins, 2008

Synopsis

A media commentator and former Clinton White House insider illustrates how women can make positive contributions to politics and the global community, citing the examples of such figures as Jane Goodall, Barbara Walters, and women from historical periods. 100,000 first printing.

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Review:

“Just like Dee Dee Myers herself this jewel of a book is sober minded, funny, and most certainly timely. . . . Myers makes a spirited case that “women power” is the most neglected political recourse in our arid times.” (Douglas Brinkley, New York Times bestselling author of The Great Deluge)

Synopsis:

When President Bill Clinton was elected, Dee Dee Myers was told she would act as his Press Secretary, but only for the transition. There was no guarantee she would keep the position after his inauguration. Only 31 at the time, Myers was too intoxicated by victory to realize she was being shortchanged. But in January of 1993, Myers did become Press Secretary in spite of the odds. She was the youngest person ever and the only woman in the history of the country to hold the position. As she writes in this poignant new book, 'I wasn't the first woman to be the first woman, of course. I stand on the shoulders of the countless others who stuck their necks out - and sometimes got their heads knocked off - for going where no woman had gone before. Not all of them were trying to advance the interests of the sisterhood. Still, because of them, those of us who followed have had more, different, and better opportunities. I know I have.'Told through the prism of her own life, this book explores the trials woman have boldly faced throughout history to achieve opportunities in places where their presence was once denied.

Filled with anecdotes from her tenure in the white house, Myers provides a fresh take on the achievements woman have made in all aspects of public life.

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0061140406
• ISBN 13: 9780061140402
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 288