Women Count : A Guide to Changing the World

by Bulkeley Butler, Susan

• ISBN13: 9781557535696
• ISBN10: 1557535698
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-09-15
• Publisher: Purdue Univ Pr

Summary

Throughout history, women have struggled to change the workplace, change government, change society. So whats next? Its time for women to change the world! Whether on the job, in politics, or in their community, there has never been a better time for women to make a difference in the world. Author Susan Bulkeley Butler was the first female partner of a major consulting firm and is the founder of the Susan Bulkeley Butler Institute for the Development of Women Leaders. In Women Count, author Susan Bulkeley Butler shows readers how to change the world through a series of inspiring case studies that chronicle how she and other pioneering women in a range of fields have done so in years past. Never before has the world so greatly needed the unique abilities of women to lead the way. But as history has shown, to make change, women must step into their power and become women who count.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 1
The New Math
By the Numbers	p. 7
Changing the Equation	p. 13
A Better Formula	p. 19
Making It All Add Up	p. 25
The Pioneers
Leading Ladies	p. 35
The Movement(s)	p. 45
Our Turn to Change the World	p. 55
Change is Happening
Change Our Education System	p. 65
Change Our Organizations	p. 79
Change Our Communities	p. 87
Change Our Giving	p. 93
Now It's Your Turn
Dream Big, Change Lives, Change the World	p. 101
Change Our World, One Woman at a Time	p. 111
Changes and Shifts	p. 119
Guide To Further Reading	p. 127
Acknowledgments	p. 129
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