https://booksbywomen.org/how-books-can-empower-girls/ Wed, 02 Mar 2016 15:17:08 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 https://booksbywomen.org/how-books-can-empower-girls/#comment-47244 Wed, 02 Mar 2016 15:17:08 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=14400#comment-47244 Excellent article. As a girl, I read very few young adult novels…I just didn’t get into them. But I LOVED the novelists my mother read: Maeve Binchy, Taylor Caldwell, Kathleen Norris, Marcia Davenport–to name just a few. I still can’t believe I read them and understood these books at the age of nine and ten. As an adult, I’ve read the Little House Series and Anne of Green Gables and loved them. Why not when I was a kid? But I can honestly say that reading my mother’s books did empower me, and I longed to be a writer like those novelists. I still do. I just keep trying everyday of my life.

]]> https://booksbywomen.org/how-books-can-empower-girls/#comment-47059 Mon, 11 Jan 2016 09:00:31 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=14400#comment-47059 I feel that education is the key to empowerment and empowering girls and women is a daily challenge because of socialized internalized sexism. Enjoyed the post. Thank you.

]]> https://booksbywomen.org/how-books-can-empower-girls/#comment-46981 Sat, 12 Dec 2015 11:27:26 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=14400#comment-46981 […] Danica Davidson Ever since I was little I’ve been inspired by how empowering stories and books can be when […]

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