Superwomen's Daughters October 21, 2008

Award-winning author Courtney E Martin lays the groundwork for considering what we define as 21st century female leadership (bringing in examples from the political scene and pop culture). Using stories and statistics, she makes her case that we need a new paradigm for young women that doesn't put a precedence on "effortless perfection"--the goal for thousands of women recently surveyed by Duke University. Courtney elucidates her paradigm--the perfect girl, starving daughter--culled from over 100 interviews with young women across the country, and argues for a new definition of female success.