Forget what you've read in the tabloids or in business magazines‚ or what you've seen on TV. In this latest book from Pat and Ruth Williams‚ learn the real story behind how Rice‚ Rowling‚ Ray--and other trailblazing women like them--beat seemingly insurmountable obstacles to become some of the most dynamic and powerful women in their fields. Rice grew up in segregated Southern United States‚ where a childhood friend perished in a church bombing‚ yet she flourished to become the Secretary of State. JK Rowling was so poor she wrote outlines of her Harry Potter books on stained napkins. The book--and the others that followed--went on to become international bestsellers. Cathy Hughes was a college drop-out who became pregnant at sixteen and suffered from depression. Despite her challenges‚ her son‚ Alfred‚ became her inspiration‚ motivating her to push forward. Today‚ Hughes and her son operate Radio One‚ Inc.‚ the largest African-American owned broadcast-company in the nation-the first African-American company in radio history to dominate several major markets simultaneously‚ and the first woman-owned radio station to rank #1 in any major market.
With insightful anecdotes and never-before-heard interviews from friends‚ colleagues‚ and rivals‚ How to Be Like Women of Power offers a revealing and inspiring look at some of the most successful women in the typically male-dominated worlds of technology‚ business‚ science‚ and politics. Just some of the accomplished women in the line-up include: Barbara Walters; Meg Whitman‚ president and CEO of ebay; Mary Kay Ash; Sally Ride; Ruth Bader Ginsburg; Estee Lauder; Cathy Hughes‚ cofounder‚ Radio One Media; Linda Dillman‚ executive vice president‚ Walmart stores; Sallie Krawcheck‚ CFO‚ Citigroup; Ursula Burns‚ President/Business‚ Xerox; Shirley Chisholm; Madeline Albright; Martha Stewart; Suze Orman
