Marisa Porges, PhD, is the eighth Head of School for The Baldwin School, a 130-year-old allgirls school outside of Philadelphia renowned for academic excellence and for preparing girls to be leaders and change-makers. Dr. Porges served in the Obama White House; was a visiting fellow at Harvard Kennedy School and the Council on Foreign Relations, where her research focused on worldwide counterterrorism efforts; and served in the U.S. Navy as one of eight female aviators in an air wing of two hundred. She lives in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, with her family.
"This is destined to be a powerful book about how we can raise
girls to become bold, ambitious women. The ideas are captivating,
the stories are gripping, and Marisa Porges is the perfect person
to write it."
—Adam Grant, New York Times bestselling author
of Originals, Give and Take, and Option B with
Sheryl Sandberg
"What Girls Need shows us all how to prepare the next generation of
women to confidently hold their own later in life, and to celebrate
and own certain traits that will be more critical than ever in the
new world of world." —Forbes
"[Porges] combines the skills and life lessons she brought to the
job with what she has learned from it, and helps us understand how
to better nurture young girls and young women and prepare them to
succeed in a world still too often stacked against
them." —Porchlight Books
"An insightful guidebook for parents, teachers, and all young
women." —Booklist
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