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PRAISE
FOR GIRLWISE
“This
is the ultimate how-to-do-everything-right book I wish I had had growing up.
From conquering math to squashing rumors, Julia courageously and gracefully
leads us through that tough terrain that is teen-hood! You'll walk away with
practical knowledge that will leave you more confident, ready to take on the
world!”
--Isabel González, Trendspotting and Senior Associate Editor, Teen People
“If someone
had given me this book when I was a girl, my teen years would have been
decidedly less rocky!”
--Meg Cabot, bestselling author of The Princess Diaries series
“Girlwise
is more than a book_it’s a tool every girl can use everyday to help her meet
life’s challenges, both big and small. I’ll definitely be giving a copy to my
14-year-old daughter.”
-Harriet
Mosatche, Ph.D., Director of Program Development for Girl Scouts of the USA
Filled
with wise words from a slew of inspiring, wise women and girls—nothing will make
you feel as confident, capable, cool and in control as GirlWise!”
-- Hillary Carlip, author of Girl Power and founder of VOXXY.com
GirlWise is a triumph! This is the must-have power book for the 21st
century girl.”
--Emilie Davidson Hoyt, Founder & President, Latherup
“Girlwise
has a closet full of good advice. Whether it’s knowing how to recover from a
dining disaster, becoming a true friend, or running for office, Julia DeVIllers
puts girls in the driver’s seat. With this book by their side, girls will take
giant steps toward being confident, capable, cool and in control.”
- Meg
Milne Moulton and Whitney Ransome, executive directors, National Coalition of
girls’ Schools
GIRLWISE LAUNCH PARTY
The Girlwise book launch party
was held on October 11, 2002 at the beautiful home of Dr. Tian Dayton,
overlooking Central Park West. Sponsors included Dansko shoes, Polaroid I-Zone,
The Body Shop, Cargo Cosmetics, FACE NY/Stockholm, Marina Bliss Jewelry, Judith
August Cosmetics, G.L.O.W. – Girls Leading Our World.
Door prizes
included a 6-pair shoe wardrobe from Dansko, a necklace worn by Lisa Kudrow on
an episode of Friends, a consultation from Rachel Weingarten from
Planetpretty.com, and a Marina Bliss choker! Goodie bags included
Polaroid I-Zone sticker cameras, Cargo lip gloss, GLOW sleep masks, Everything
Pencil from Judith August Cosmetics, FACE lipgloss, Cheryl’s Cookies, and a copy
of Girlwise!
EXCERPT:
FROM THE INTRODUCTION
Introducing . . .
GirlWise
You walk into a
crowded party. You look around. Oooookay. Where are your friends who are
supposed to be here? And are NOT. Where is everyone you know?!?
What
do you do?!?
You’re
in school giving a book report in front of the class. Suddenly everyone starts
cracking up. What? What is it? You look down. One of the buttons on your shirt
popped off. You are standing in front of your whole class with your bra peeking
out!!
What do you do?!?
You’re
on your computer, putting the finishing touches on your history paper when BLAP!
It jams. You hit some keys. Nothing. Your paper! Your 24-page paper you’ve been
working on for a week straight! The one that’s due tomorrow!!!
What
do you do?!?
You feel fat.
You need a job.
You’re sick of your bedroom décor. /
You want to make a difference in the world.
You hate your clothes.
Party time! At your house . . .
You’re staring at
your college applications, wondering if anyplace will accept you.
You’re broke. As usual.
Life sucks. You want to be happier.
The toilet just overflowed!
You can barely carry your backpack. You need to get stronger.
You’re hanging out with celebrities and don’t know what to say.
You can’t fall asleep.
You’re at the lunch
table and you’ve got a big hunk of salad stuck in your teeth.[/UL]
What
do you do when these things happen?!?
There’s
so much it would be so great to know. You sure don’t learn it in
school! You can learn some of this stuff in magazines, on the Internet, in
books--but that takes some searching. And there really isn’t one place, like
one-stop shopping, for this kind of info . . .
Until
now! Ta-da! GirlWise is like the megastore of stuff you want to,
you need to, you MUST know.
There
are a MILLION different ways to use this book. You can read it cover to cover;
you can flip to topics when you need ’em; and, of course, there are parts you’ll
flip to first, and parts you might skip. If you love makeup, you’ll probably hit
that section first. If you love sports, that’s where you might think of jumping
in. But I encourage you spread your wings and take a look at things you didn’t
think you would like. For example, I’m not an outdoors person, but was
interested when I got to interview the wilderness survival expert for this book.
I never quite “got” the whole poetry thing, until I interviewed a poet for this
book. Even the part on fixing the toilet--who really wants to read that, right?
Well, just start to read that section . . . and I bet you will keep on reading.
I didn’t know a lot of this stuff myself so I turned to the experts.
More than 100 people share their wisdom in this book.
So
lucky you, you’re getting the inside deal on all this stuff NOW and get to know
it FOREVER. Read this book, and you’ll be more GirlWise.
When you’re GirlWise, you are the Ultimate Teen Girl--confident,
capable, comfortable, cool, crazy, and taking control of your life. No more
helpless females here!
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| Carol
Adrienne is the bestselling author of The
Purpose of Your Life, which Oprah Winfrey called a
‘must-read.’ She’s an internationally-known lecturer and
workshop facilitator.
She has also authored and co-authored several other
books.
Her books have been translated into over fifteen
languages. |
Brooke
Allison is a 15-year-old singer who has one album out and
another on the way.
She's been called "an extraordinary talent who has
been touched by God" by Michael Jackson, Mya said she
"has a big powerful voice, incredible range, with soulful
delivery."
She's also the vocal artist on the Disney video, Cinderella
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Katie
Arons is a Ford plus-size model, and has learned all about
beauty, fashion and self-esteem from the experts.
She shares this information in her book, SEXY
AT ANY SIZE: A Woman’s Guide to Dating and Romance and in her on-line ‘zine for the real scene--www.ExtraHiP.com.
Katie is a leader in motivating today’s curvy society
to looking, living and feeling better…NOW! |
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| Maria
T. Bailey is CEO and Founder of www.bluesuitmom.com. They
have been featured in USA Today, Wall Street Journal and other
major newspapers. She’s the author of The
Woman’s Home-Based Business Book of Answer |
Lisa Beamer's husband Todd was on the hijacked
Flight 93, September 11, 2001. She is the mother of three
children, two boys and one girl. Lisa and her family have
founded The Todd M. Beamer Foundation, a charitable foundation
that will focus on providing long-term assistance to families,
especially children, which were directly impacted by the
terrorists acts of September 11. Its mission includes Todd's
vision for training youth for a better tomorrow. Their website
is www.beamerfoundation.org. |
Susan K. Bishop specializes
in the entertainment, media and communications search
business, recruiting hundreds of senior level executives for
key positions with top companies in the fields of cable,
broadcasting, publishing and new media, in every functional
area including CEOs, COOs and CFOs. |
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| Leesa
Bellesi is co-author of The
Kingdom Assignment, and is a successful choreographer and
dance instructor. She
has consulted on the career development of several Christian
music artists and professional dancers.
Leesa is also a seasoned speaker.
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Dianna
Booher is the author of 40 books, including E-Writing,
Communicate with Confidence, The Worth of a Woman's Words, and
Well Connected. She's also CEO of Booher Consultants, a
communication training firm in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex,
offering workshops and speeches on writing, oral
presentations, interpersonal skills, gender communication, and
personal productivity. Her website is www.booher.com |
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| Helynna Brooke has raised four children. She’s
the Executive Director of the San Francisco Mental Health
Board. She is a member of the Women's Leadership Alliance and
is very active with women's and girl's issues and in local
politics. Ms. Brooke is also the co-creator of the First
Moon: Passage to Womanhood, a ceremonial kit for
celebrating the first menses of a young woman. |
Kathy Buckley is known as "America's First
Hearing Impaired Comedienne." She is also a four-time
(1995-98) American Comedy Award Nominee as Best Stand-Up
Female Comedienne. She
has been a guest on The Tonight and The Howard Stern Show, and
has been featured on, the Today Show, Good Morning America,
CBS This Morning, Entertainment Tonight, Extra, Inside
Edition, Live! With Regis and Kathie Lee, Phil Donahue Leeza., and in People magazine.
Her website is www.kathybuckley.com. |
Mariah Burton Nelson is an author and
professional speaker who uses sports stories to show people
how to lead and succeed with courage and confidence. She can
be reached through her website: www.MariahBurtonNelson.com. |
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| Elizabeth
Carlassare is a Silicon Valley-based writer and editor.
She’s the author of Dotcom
Divas: E-Business Insights from the Visionary Women Founders
of 20 Net Ventures (McGraw-Hill) and the creator of
www.dotcomdivas.net, an online open forum for women Internet
entrepreneurs. She can be reached at elizabeth@dotcomdivas.net. |
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| Meg Cabot is the author of The Princess Diaries and its sequels, The Princess Diaries: Princess in the Spotlight, Princess
in Love and many more to come. The first was made into a
Disney movie, starring Julie Andrews and Anne Hathaway. AND
she writes The Mediator series under the name of Jenny
Carroll. She also
is the author of All-American
Girl as well as books for adults. Her website is
www.megcabot.com. (Meg also is really nice and funny in real
life and cranks out more books in a short period of time than
anyone I have ever seen.) |
Hillary Carlip is one of the most respected
names in the world of teen girls. Her 1995 book, Girl Power: Young Women Speak Out, brought the voice of the teenaged girl into the mainstream. Girl
Power was selected by the New York Public Library for
their prestigious "Best Books for Teens" list and
Oprah did an entire hour on the book. Hillary’s second book, Zine Scene: The Do-It-Yourself Guide to Zines, won an American
Library Association Award. Hillary was
Co-President/Founder/Executive Creative Director of VOXXY, the
multi-million dollar, interactive network for teen girls
featuring Jennifer Aniston. Hillary has produced websites for
major stars and companies. (And her own website is truly cool:
www.flyhc.com.) |
Vanessa Carlisle is author of I Was My Mothers Bridesmaid: Young Adults From Blended Families Tell
It Like It Was. Her
previous accomplishments include surviving adolescence,
achieving a close, loving relationship with her parents, and
becoming a volunteer mentor to pre-teen girls who are
struggling to do the same. |
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| Carla Nocera Cherry plays bass guitar in The Lovekill,
and is an avid music-lover. She lives in Cleveland, Ohio, with
her husband Robert, and is the business manager for his band
Ether Net as well as the New York-based band Poem Rocket. |
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| Cheli Cerra has done ruway work for Calvin Klein as
well as modeling and national commercials for Geoffrey Beene,
JC Penney, Miller Beer, David’s Bridal, and The Sheraton
Hotel. Her agencies included L’Agence and Act 1. She is now
an award-winning educator with over two decades of experience
in public education. |
Tian Dayton, Ph.D. is the author of 11 books including Journey
Through Womanhood, It's
My Life! A Workout for Your Mind, Affirmations for Parents,
and Trauma and Addiction: Ending the Cycle of Pain Through
Emotional Literacy. She's a clinical psychotherapist and
director of program development for the Caron Foundation.
She's appeared on Geraldo, Rikki Lake, Montel and MSNBC. (Tian
also is a exceptionally nice
and generous person) |
Catherine Dee is a California-based author of a series
of award-winning empowering books for girls that includes The Girls' Book of Friendship,
The Girls' Book of Wisdom, The Girls'Book of Love, and The Girls' Guide to Life. Her website is www.deebest.com.
(We just did a booksigning together and she’s really fun.
Email her if you want a chance to be a part of one of her
future books!) |
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| Gun Denhart is Co-Founder and Chair of the Board of
Hanna Andersson, a children's clothing catalog company that
was started in 1983. Each year, Hanna Andersson donates 5% of
its profits to charities that benefit women and children. For
five years, Hanna Andersson has been recognized by Working
Woman Magazine for their annual "100 Best Companies for
Working Mothers" because of company policies like a 40%
child care reimbursement. |
Nicole DeVault is a child, teen and adult etiquette
consultant, at the Plaza Hotel in New York City. Her classes
include dining, social and business etiquette.
She also does extensive etiquette instruction for
children and young adults with special needs.
You may contact her
at her email address ndevault1@msn.com. |
Kathy Fagan is the author of the National Poetry
Series selection, The
Raft (Dutton, 1985); the Vassar Miller Prize winner, MOVING
& ST RAGE (University of North Texas, 1999); and the
forthcoming collection, The
Charm (Zoo Press, 2002). She is currently Professor of
English at The Ohio State University, where she also co-edits The
Journal. |
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| Leah Feldon has been helping people dress well
for more than 20 years with her books Dress
Like a Million, Dressing Rich, WomanStyle and Traveling Light and through television shows and magazine articles.
A former Today show contributor and PM magazine host, she most
recently created and hosted her own series for The Learning
Channel. Her books have been featured on Oprah and the Today
show. She is currently working as a media spokesperson and
personal consultant. Her website is www.LeahFeldon.com. Her
email is Leah@LeahFeldon.com |
Fawn
Germer is the author of the bestseller, Hard
Won Wisdom and Pulitzer-nominated investigative reporter
who has worked as a Florida correspondent for both The
Washington Post and U.S. News and World Report. She has
written for many magazines and newspapers and was an adjunct
college professor or journalism. Her website is www.hardwonwisdom.com.
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Alyssa Gellatly, age 12, has been on the
Girl’s Editorial Board of New Moon Magazine for Girls for
two years. Learn more about New Moon and the Turn Beauty
Inside Out campaign at www.newmoon.org. |
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| Timi Gleason is the mom of "KC"
(Kristin Cathleen) who is learning to do her own laundry at
age 14. Timi is an executive and career coach for business
people who want to excel in their lives. To find out more
about what Timi does, visit her two websites at www.hrce.com
and www.executivegoals.com. You can write to Timi Gleason at: tgleason@san.rr.com. |
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| Isabel González has been the Trendspotting
Editor at Teen People for two years. She moved from Atlanta,
GA to take the job and loves living in New York, where she
thinks almost everybody is a trendsetter. Travel is a big part
of her job and she finds nothing more exciting than meeting
new people who are creative and innovative and willing to push
the envelope of conventional fashion. Teen
People, a National Magazine Award winner for General
Excellence, is the first pop culture magazine for guys and
girls that focuses on stars, style and substance. Teen
People has become one of the fastest growing launches in
publishing history (Isabel is sooo cool, and a total go-getter
girl and we’re going to be doing some projects
together—stay tuned!) |
Renee Grant-Williams is a well-known voice coach
whose clients range from U.S. senators to Faith Hill, Martina
McBride, and the Dixie Chicks. She has been the subject of a
CBS profile, has appeared on network, syndicated and cable
television programs, and hundreds of radio stations. Renee
lives in Nashville and is the proud mother of two teenage
cats. For information about her book, Voice
Power, her Master Class Video Series, or to learn more
about the master class programs she presents, go to www.MyVoiceCoach.com.
(Renee also has the best
phone voice.) |
Harriet Greenspan has been a casting director
for more than 20 years. She has cast for ABC, including many
soap operas and movies of the week. She is currently casting
pilots for Nickelodeon. She lives in LA with her teenage year
old daughter, Nicole. (Nicole’s advice is in here, too!)
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| Candace Hammond is a personal coach, trained at
Coach University and a member of the International Coaching
Federation. She
specializes in life purpose, life quality, working mothers,
fitness, teens, and anxiety and panic.
She finds nothing more exciting and satisfying than
helping others to find their passion, sense of self, and their
life purpose. Her
website is www.personalpowercoach.com. |
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Nancy Gruver is the publisher of New Moon
Publishing, which includes The
popular bo-monthly magazine New Moon and the newsletter,
Daughters. The "Turn Beauty Inside Out" Campaign (TBIO),
a celebration of media images that promote healthy behavior
for girls and boys and Inner Beauty-the beauty of conviction,
caring and action. TBIO is a counter-balance to the damaging
and unhealthy messages about beauty that bombard us all
through media, film, and advertising every day. Their website
is www.newmoon.org. (I’ve learned from talking to other
authors that Nancy has a reputation of being really helpful to
everyone whose mission is to help girls! Thanks, Nancy!) |
Marilyn Hall is a
professional coach who works with individuals and
organizations to create strategies for outstanding performance
and greater life satisfaction. She is affiliated with the
International Coach Federation, Toastmasters International,
Coach University, and Corporate Coach University, and is a
volunteer for TeenCoach.com. Additional information about
Marilyn and her coaching practice can be viewed at her
website, www.MarilynHall.com.
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Sherry
Handel is a trailblazing publishing entrepreneur who is
committed to publishing the voices of young women around the
world. She is the CEO and President of Blue Jean Media,
Inc.,which she founded in April of 2000 "to empower girls
and young women to create their own media. Sherry is the
author of the new, highly acclaimed book
Blue Jean: What Young Women are Thinking, Saying and Doing.
She is Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of Blue Jean Online, a
web site where young women unite to change the world; and
Publisher of Blue Jean Press, a book publishing imprint. USA
Today named Blue Jean "The Thinking Girl's
Magazine." Her
website is www.bluejeanonline.com. |
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| Katharine Hansen, principal resume and
cover-letter writer for Quintessential Resumes and Cover
Letters and content provider for Quintessential Careers, is an
author and instructor. Her books include Dynamic
Cover Letters and Write
Your Way to a Higher GPA, written with Dr. Randall S.
Hansen, as well as Dynamic
Cover Letters for New Graduates, and A Foot in the Door:
Networking Your Way into the Hidden Job Market,. She also
is editor of QuintZine, a free career and job-hunting
newsletter. |
Clea
Hantman and Keva Marie
are the authors of the awesome-recommended-by-Julia book Hey
Day! Super Amazing, Funk-da-Crazing, Ultra-Glazing Things to
Do, Make and Ponder Every Day (HarperCollins, 2001).
Their next book, Holidazed,
will be published in 2003. Clea also writes a book series
called Goddesses. Together, they did a zine called Foxy. Their
Web site is www.heydaygirls.com. |
Susan Haworth has over two decades of experience
developing, designing and delivering technical, human
relations skills and new employee training programs for
telecommunications, technology, banking and finance,
manufacturing and mass communications industries. Susan holds
a B.A. in Psychology, a M.Ed. in Counseling and a M.S. in
Management. |
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| Kathy Henderson is the author of The Young Writer’s Guide to Getting Published (Writer’s Digest,
2001, 6th ed). The book includes listings for 100+
markets and contests that accept submissions from kids and
teens. |
Barkley Hope is a Los Angeles fashion designer
and owner of the Melrose Avenue boutique, Barkley Hope: Items for a Princess. Her
store carries an eclectic collection of global and local
fashions. Her
website is www.barkleyhope.com |
Ellen
A. Kaye is a
coach and consultant on effective presentation skills,
leadership image development, communication and media skills,
etiquette and manners. |
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| Brandon Holley is the ultra-cool editor-in-chief
of Elle Girl magazine, a teen fashion and beauty magazine that
'celebrates an independent attitude with an international
flair.” EllGirl’s website is ellegirl.com. |
Erin Jacobson has been in
the skin care business for five years. She is currently an
esthetician at Ole Henriksen Face/Body Spa. Their website is www.olehenriksen.com. |
Sherrie Lansky is the real
live person behind the character Vivian on vivianlives.com.
She is the president of Forever (After) Inc, a multimedia
consulting company |
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| Kay Keating teaches plumbing
clinics and online classes in fixing common toilet problems.
She’s written for a syndicated show and many magazines. Her
website is www.toiletology.com. |
Brenda Kinsel is a fashion
and image consultant based in Marin County, CA. Her books, In the Dressing Room with Brenda, 40 Over 40 and her upcoming Wardrobe
Companion instruct women on how to wear what they love and
love what they wear. Her website address is brendakinsel.com |
Mary Lisanti is the CIO of
Domestic Equities at ING/Pilgrim. Mary has responsibility for
overseeing Pilgrim Funds’ family of domestic equity mutual
funds as well as serving as Lead Portfolio Manager for the
Pilgrim Growth Products. . |
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| Andrea S. Laplante is the
affiliate manager for Fox Sports Net New England. She
volunteers for the New England Chapter of Women in Cable and
Telecommunications (NEWICT) and worked as the Chapter
President in 2000. She lives in Plainville, MA with her
husband and daughter, Ava. |
Elizabeth (Liz) K. Lawner,
the co-author of Getting
to Know the Real You, is 14 years-old.
Shehas been offering advice to girls on the Just
4 Girls section of the national Girl Scout web site since
1997. |
Carolyn Mackler is the
author of Love and Other
Four-Letter Words Her articles have been published in
magazines including Girl’s Life and Teen People.
Her second teen novel,
The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big, Round Things will be
published in 2003. (Carolyn is totally fun and from the sound
of the looks of the title, her new book will be too!) |
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| Donna Lopiano
is the executive director of Women's Sports Foundation, a
national, non-profit organization dedicated to promoting and
enhancing the sports and fitness experience for all girls and
women through educational services, advocacy and recognition
programs. She is a life-long advocate of the benefits of
sports participation by girls and women.
Her website is www.womenssportsfoundation.org |
.Sherry
Maysonave is a widely acknowledged expert in
communication, image, and personal empowerment. Sherry is the
author of Casual Power
and the President of Empowerment Enterprises, one of America's leading
communication-image firms. Sherry
has been interviewed by over 200 TV, radio and print
publications and has assisted tens of
thousands of people to reach greater levels of success.
Additional information about Sherry and her company’s
services is available at www.casualpower.com. |
Lisa Miree
is Miss Black USA 2002,. She
is using her title to promote a particularly challenging
platform - abstinence before marriage.
A producer for an ABC affiliate station in Cincinnati,
Lisa is also a singer, dancer, and creative writer.
She has a B.S. in Journalism and an M.A. in
International Affairs. The
Miss Black USA website is www.missblackusa.org. |
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| Bunny McCune is a
psychotherapist in private practice in Ithaca N.Y. and
co-author of the book Girls
to Women, Women to Girls. As a singer-songwriter and
creative soul, Bunny leads experiential workshops for women
and girls across the U.S. She is currently writing a new book
on "The Intuitive Journey,” a model which invites
individuals of all ages to take a solo trek into the landscape
of their own lives with their soulful intuition as their only
guide. |
Laura McEwen is the
Publisher of YM magazine. She is the former publisher of New
Woman and serves on the Board of Directors of the Cosmetic
Executive Women Foundation, the Fashion Group.
YM magazine, one of the top-selling publications for
teenage girls, is a "diet-free zone,” abolishing
diet-related material and including more plus-size models.
Yay! |
Rachel Muir was 26 years old
when she launched her own business with $500 and a credit card
determined to empower girls in math, science and technology.
Almost five years later, the organization, Girlstart, launched
the first and only Girls' Technology Center in Texas and Ms.
Muir has raised close to two million dollars. But most
importantly, in the last three years, she has helped make
hundreds of young women stronger, smarter, sassier, and more
assured of a challenging, rewarding future in math, science
and technology. Ms. Muir is a proud recipient of Oprah's Use
Your Life Award and numerous other awards. |
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| Harriet
S. Mosatche, Ph.D. is the author of three popular books
for preteens and teens. Her latest (co-authored with her
daughter Elizabeth K. Lawner) is Getting
to Know the Real You: 50 Fun Quizzes Just for Girls
(Prima, 2002). She has also written Girls: What's So Bad About Being Good? How to Have Fun, Survive the
Preteen Years, and Remain True to Yourself (Prima, 2001)
and Too Old for This,
Too Young for That! Your Survival Guide for the Middle-School
Years co-authored with Karen Unger. In addition, Harriet
and her daughter Liz are online advice columnists for Girl
Scouts of the USA (www.girlscouts.org). Harriet is also the
Director of Program Development for Girl Scouts of the USA.
(Another really nice person, with awesome mother-daughter
bonding skills.) |
Andrea Mulder-Slater is an
artist, art educator and art history writer who lives with her
family in St. Andrews, NB. She has worked as a writer, editor
and educational consultant on various art and art history
projects including KinderArt.com - http://www.kinderart.com
and ArtHistory.About.com - http://arthistory.about.com |
Lynda
Orban is a senior career advisor with CareerBuilder, Inc.
She is responsible for analyzing trends in the workplace and
tracking the opinions of U.S. workers. Their website is
www.careerbuilder.com |
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| Melissa Palmer is
23 and
grew up in Malibu, CA A beauty product junkie, she works
with her mother Jenefer at Osea skincare, the natural
marine-based skincare company they launched together. For more
info about Osea check out www.oseaskin.com. |
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| Dawn Nocera is the founder
and director of EducatingJane.com and ScienceClubMonthly.com.
She lives in Columbus, Ohio with her husband, daughter
Annamarie, and is currently awaiting the arrival of a baby
boy. |
Cait Pomeroy is the founder
and former owner of Book Ends, a rare, used and out of print
bookstore located in Lake Jackson, Texas. She is a cookbook
author and has published numerous articles and columns for the
Houston Chronicle. Her web site is www.usvictorygardens.com. |
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| Jayne Pearl is a freelance
business writer/editor and speaker, and author of Kids and Money: Giving Them the Savvy to Succeed Financially. She is
a regular commentator on PRI's Marketplace Radio and
contributor to Family
Business magazine. Her website is www.kidsandmoney.com. |
Congresswoman Deborah Pryce
represents Ohio in the US House of Representatives, She is
Republican Conference Vice-Chairman for the 107th
Congress, making her the highest-ranking Republican woman in
the United States House of Representatives.
She is a former judge and prosecutor.
She has been instrumental in the Child Abuse Prevention
and Enforcement Act and The Afghan Women and Children Relief
Act, and is involved in efforts to help children with cancer
and ensure physician training at children’s hospitals.
In 2001, Congresswoman Pryce had the honor of being
inducted into the Ohio Women’s Hall of Fame for her
outstanding achievements in public service.
Her website is http://www.house.gov/pryce. |
Robin Fisher Roffer is
president of Big Fish Marketing, Inc. and the author of
“Make A Name For Yourself—8 Steps Every Woman Needs to
Create A Personal Brand Strategy for Success.” (Her book
really inspired me so I hunted her down for this…). |
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| Catherine Ribb has been in
the entertainment business for 18 years and is currently the
Advertising Manager for Movieline,
a Los Angeles based celebrity lifestyle magazine.
She also owns her own business, Great New You, which
specializes in herbal products for weight loss and nutrition
located at www.greatnewyou.com. |
Kathy Roberts
is listed in the American
Powerlifting Association's (APA) Women's Top 20 for 2000. She
has set several World records, Regional records, American
records and State records in four different Lifetime Drug Free
weight classes. Kathy has been ranked as Powerlifting USA’s
top 20 female powerlifters for the last eight years. She has
been featured in Sports
Illustrated and as an unsung hero on Fox’s “Faces of
Courage.” Kathy's website is www.giftofstrength.com. |
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| Geneen
Roth is author of several books, including Feeding
the Hungry Heart, When Food Is Love, Breaking Free, Why
Weight? When You Eat at the Refrigerator, Pull Up a Chair and
Appetites. She has appeared on many national television
and radio shows including Oprah Winfrey, The
Roseanne Show, Good Morning America, The View,
20/20 and The NBC
Nightly News. Her work has been featured in numerous
publications including Family
Circle, New Woman, Ms., TIME,
Cosmopolitan, The New York
Times, The Chicago
Tribune and The
Philadelphia Inquirer.
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Jennifer Roy
is the author of more than 20 educational books, including Romantic Breakups and Difficult
People. Her latest book is Saratoga:
The Family Place to Be. A former teacher of gifted and
talented programs, she’s also my identical twin sister.
She’s now doing the most important job of her life, being a
stay-at-home mom to Adam. |
Atoosa Rubenstein is the
editor-in-chief of CosmoGIRL! She started as an intern at Sassy and moved up to fashion
assistant at Cosmopolitan where she had to keep the fashion
closet neat and tidy. She now thinks of CosmoGIRL!
As “a club for girls, where you can come and talk about
whatever issues are on your mind.”
(Everyone seems to know her, many people said to me the
exact same thing: Did you interview Atoosa?
You HAVE to!” ) |
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| Padi Selwyn
is the co-author of Living
Your Life Out Loud: How To Unlock Your Creativity and Unleash
Your Joy. She is a professional speaker, and mother of
teenaged sons. Her email address is padispeaks@hotmail.com
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Lisa Serantes
is the Director of Incentives at the Express World
Headquarters. She
began working for Express during her last year at college,
where she studied Fashion Merchandising.
Lisa is responsible for planning all the fabulous
events that Express throws, as well as conceptualizing
motivational techniques for store associates.
She has been married for ten years and has an adorable
3-year-old son. |
Aliza Sherman
is the original Cybergrrl and author of several books for
women about the Internet. Named by Newsweek
as one of the "Top 50 People Who Matter Most on the
Internet," Aliza Sherman is a cyber-celebrity, online
marketing expert, published author and international speaker.
She started the first woman-owned, full-service Internet
company - Cybergrrl, Inc and the first global Internet
organization for women - Webgrrls International. She writes
the monthly Women's colum
n for Entrepreneur magazine. She recently spent over a year
driving solo around the country in an old RV. You can check
out the free personal site she made using the directions she
gives in GirlWise at
http://www.geocities.com/rvgirl2. |
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| Linda L. Smith,
J.D., Ph.D., is a faculty adviser in the Honors Program at The
University of Toledo in Toledo, Ohio. She is author of the
literary biography Annie Dillard. Linda is the co-creator of the “Poems for Peace
Project,” an international project to collect poems about
the September 11 terrorist attacks. |
Karin Snelson
has been hauling stacks of books since she was three feet
tall. She has worked as an editor in a small children's book
publishing house in Minneapolis; been a writer and designer
for Archie McPhee Toys; and worked as a freelance
writer/editor in Seattle. She has been the senior editor of
the Children's Books and Teens section of Amazon.com since
1998. |
| Marci Shimoff
is the author of the New York Times bestsellers Chicken
Soup for the Women’s Soul 1&2, Chicken Soup for the
Mother’s Soul 1&2, and Chicken Soup for the Single’s
Soul. She is the president of the Esteem Group, a company
that specializes in self-esteem and inspirational programs.
Over the last 16 years, she has delivered seminars and keynote
addresses on self-esteem, stress management, communication
skills and peak performance. (Incredible wisdom just rolls off
the tip of Marci’s tongue, seriously.) |
Bonnie St. John
has always thrived in situations where the path ahead is not
clearly marked, and the competition is intense. She used
imagination and determination to become an Olympic Silver
Medalist, a Rhodes Scholar, an award-winning IBM Sales Rep, a
White House Official and founder of her own business. She’s
the author of Succeeding
Sane (Simon and Schuster). |
Merrie Spaeth's
career started as a teen actress, beginning with The
World of Henry Orient, the 1964 film she co-starred
alongside Peter Sellers and Angela Lansbury. She started her
career as a journalist then she switched to government, first
as a special assistant to William Webster, then the director
of the FBI. In 1984, she became director of media relations at
the White House for President Ronald Reagan. Several years
later, she founded Spaeth Communications, a Dallas-based firm
providing communication training and consulting for major
companies. Spaeth is also known for doling out the annual
Bimbo Awards, which honor the year's best communications
gaffes. |
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| Elaine
St. James has been hailed as the leader of the simplicity
movement by The New York
Times and championed as a role model by Oprah Winfrey. The
author of the international bestseller Simplify
Your Life, which detailed how she scaled back her own life
in the early '90s, St. James has written five other
best-selling books on simplifying, including Inner
Simplicity, Simplify Your
Christmas, Simplify Your Life
with Kids, and Simplify
Your Work Life. Elaine has appeared on The Oprah Winfrey
Show, Good Morning America, CNN, ABC, and NBC News Specials,
and National Public Radio, among numerous other national and
international radio and television shows. Her books have sold
more than 2.5 million copies and have been translated into 27
languages. |
Barbara Stanny is
a journalist and former syndicated columnist and career
counselor. She is the coauthor of Choosing
and Managing Financial Professionals: A Guide for Women
Investors and How To Be Happily Employed. She has
discussed women and money on CNBC, MSNBC, ABC , CNBC, CNN,
Good Morning America, The Maury Povitch Show, Roseanne, The
O'Reilly Report, The New York Times, USA Today, The View, PBS,
Business Week, NPR and hundreds of other radio and TV
programs. She lives in Washington State. Barbara has just
finished another book titled,
Secrets of Six Figure Women: Surprising Strategies of
Successful High Earners: How
they did it. How you can too.
(Barbara has some really, really good advice and is
really, really generous with it!) |
Heidi Elisabet Yolen Stemple
is co-author of Dear
Mother/Dear Daughter and Mirror Mirror: Forty Folktales
for Mothers and Daughters to Share. Her website is www.heidistemple.com. |
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| Shelly Strazis
is a freelance photographer whose work has appeared in
magazines such as Teen, Real Simple and Jump. Her website is
www.shellystrakis.com. |
| Galit Strugano
is the founder of GirLActik, a sparkly makeup line. She
started the line when she was a 23 year old makeup artist in
LA. Her makeup is used by stars such as Destiny’s Child,
Britney Spears, Julia Roberts, Dream, Eden’s Crush and
others. It regularly sells out at department stores and LA
boutiques. Her website is www.girlactik.com.
(Galit wins the award for referring me to the most
interviewees in this book. She is extremely cool and very
fun.) |
Kelly Tanabe
won enough scholarships to leave Harvard debt-free and her
parents guilt-free. She is the award-winning co-author of
"Get Free Cash For College," "Money-Winning
Scholarship Essays and Interviews," "Get Into Any
College" and "Accepted! 50 Successful College
Admission Essays." She also tours the country speaking
with parents and students about getting into and paying for
college. On her website, www.supercollege.com, you can search
a free scholarship database and apply for the SuperCollege.com
Scholarship. |
Sarah Thomas-Fazeli
is a writer and mind-body specialist based in Los Angeles. She
holds an MFA from the California Institute of the Arts and
currently teaches yoga and pilates in a variety of
settings. |
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| Melva "Nikki" van
Schyndel, naturalist and artist, teaches at the WOLF School of
Natural Science in Washington State and British Columbia. She
is a lead instructor during WOLF Camps for teens and adults,
teaching skills of the naturalist, tracker, herbalist,
survivalist and scout. Her website is www.WolfJourney.com. |
| Stephanie Walter Williams
is a documentary film producer and director, who specializes
in music and human interest stories.
She works as both a "gun for hire" and
independently. Stephanie and her husband, John Williams also
work with the Prospect Park YMCA in Brooklyn NY, passing on
their documentary story telling secrets to local teens, who
are working to create their own docs.
Stephanie's passion for film-making comes from her
creative parents, Kurt and Maryanne, and her first best girl
friend Kathy Meagher, for giving up the popular girls - to
help Stephanie put on her backyard theater productions. |
Joan Tinnell
loves her job and is thrilled to wake up every day and get
started. She recently opened a new spa called Spahhs,
in Chicago. Joan has been in the spa and beauty business for
20 years and owned a spa with 6,000 clients. She puts her
heart and soul into pampering people and making them feel good
about themselves. |
Susie Wang
is the heart and soul of Aqua Dessa Spa Therapy. Susie and her
boyfriend Byung Kim, started Aqua Dessa when they were in
college. Her products are made with the highest quality,
organic pure ingredients and no chemicals. Her website is www.aquadessa.com.
(Susie is a phenomenal role
model.I was so impressed with Susie when I met her that we are
now working on a book project together—stay tuned! |
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| Jennifer Walsh
is President and Editor-in-Chief of The Beauty Bar and
www.thebeautybar.com. Her experience as an artist spans
runway, print, and television. She hosts her own monthly
beauty segment on CBS (Florida). |
| Rachel
Weingarten is a NYC based celebrity makeup artist
and the co-founder and creative director of www.planetpretty.com
, the #1 beauty/lifestyle site on the internet for teens and
young women. Rachel writes for many
women’s magazines and websites, and is a recognized expert on teen beauty
and trends. She's one of the pioneer women on the net, and one of the founders of the GTK Marketing
Group www.gtkgroup.com,
a marketing and promotions company specializing in teen and
women friendly marketing campaigns. Rachel also designed this
web site and her company built it!
(she even drew the Julia cartoon that you'll see on every
page)
GTK Group will be launching more cool new sites for teens
including teenpartyscene.com, healthsquad.com and
urbangranolagirl.com as part of the PlanetPretty Network, as
well as initiating a women's health campaign to coincide with
women's history month - if you'd like to find out more you can
send her email at rachelw@gtkgroup.com
(I met Rachel in Brooklyn and she and her
sister are both really nice. We had a lot in common, all being
daughters of Holocaust survivors.)
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Rebecca/Kiki Weingarten
coordinates youth services for the City of
New York. Kiki is a trained psychoanalyst, who taught in
the New York City Public School System, and created programs
for adolescents including “Authorship and Authority”,
empowering youth through journal writing. She is also a playwright whose works have been performed
Off-Broadway, and an author of children’s books, including
I touched the Moon. Kiki co-founded an internet
marketing company where she combined her skills as an analyst with
her savvy internet know-how to create some of the most popular
sites on the web! (Kiki is Rachels’ sister I just
mentioned above!)
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Jane
Yolen is an author of children's books, fantasy, and science
fiction. She is also a poet, a teacher of writing and
literature, and a reviewer of children's literature. She has
been called the Hans Christian Andersen of America and the
Aesop of the twentieth century. Jane Yolen's books and stories
have won the Caldecott Medal, two Nebula Awards, two
Christopher Medals, the World Fantasy Award, three Mythopoeic
Fantasy Awards, the Golden Kite Award, the Jewish Book Award,
and the Association of Jewish Libraries Award.
Her website is www.janeyolen.com. |
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