Books

"…if you challenge girls to think globally, act locally, inspire them to incorporate social change into their social lives, you can put them on a lifelong trajectory to change the world." — Tammy Tibbetts

Natalia Oberti Noguera ON Books

Founder & CEO, Pipeline Fellowship

Q: Which book(s) has had the most significant impact on your life and why?

A: The book Princess by Jean P. Sasson deeply impacted me. Princess narrates the life story of a Saudi Arabian princess. Growing up, she and her brother were like two peas in a pod. Then, suddenly, as they reached puberty, their common journey abruptly ended and separate paths began. My feminism was cemented the second I realized that Sultana did not ... READ MORE »

Jennifer Buffett ON Books

President & Co-Chair, NoVo Foundation

Q: Which book(s) has had the most significant impact on your life and why?

A: I love books, this is hard to limit! Okay, here are a few: Herland by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. It’s a book that gives a completely different sense of how we could imagine organizing society around motherhood and continuously improving the conditions to nurture children and create greater and greater human beings. Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions by Gloria Steinem. Anything ... READ MORE »

Tammy Tibbetts ON Books

Founder & President, She's the First

Q: If you were to write a book, what would it be about?

A: It would be a book for girls 17-21, I joke it would be called “Rock the Prom, Rock the World”—but who knows, maybe it really will be!—non-fiction, and made e-book friendly. The title is a play on how I ironically began my career as a prom web site editor (considering I was way shy and uncool in high school to ... READ MORE »

Alyse Nelson ON Books

President & CEO, Vital Voices Global Partnership

Q: Which book has had the most significant impact on your life and why?

A: When I read Amartya Sen’s Development Is Freedom, I was struck by how pioneering his perspective was. Sen won the Nobel Prize in Economics, and at the time he was among the first to bring the case for investing in women to the mainstream. READ MORE »

Jennifer Buffett ON Books

President & Co-Chair, NoVo Foundation

Q: If you were to write a book, what would it be about?

A: I am working on one about the return of the feminine. It will discuss historically how a value on the feminine was lost and how it continued to be diminished and degraded. And I’ll talk about how we have the opportunity now to reclaim it. The book will be a mixture of myth, history, archetypical analysis, story, and solutions. READ MORE »

Iris Chen ON Books

President & CEO, "I Have a Dream" Foundation

Q: If you were to write a book, what would it be about?

A: I have several ideas for books I’m hoping someone more talented than me can write! Middle Management - How to optimize this critical but often overlooked part of the organization structure ‘Creating your own job’ – Going beyond job descriptions to optimize your impact, wherever you are and whatever you’re doing Building true champions – Taking people from self-interest, win-win, to doing the ... READ MORE »