As little girls, we are encouraged to dream endlessly. We are told we can accomplish any feat we put our minds to and no opportunity is out of the realm of possibility as long as we work hard.
Is this always true though? When those little girls grow up and enter the workforce, they will realize the existence of deep societal issues contributing to workplace gender inequality which inhibits women from reaching their greatest potentials. Thousands of women, whose stories remain unknown to us, have encountered gender-related obstacles that threatened to break both their resolve and the dreams they spent their childhoods forging.
Generation after generation has entered the workplace, each leaving behind revolutionary change. Why shouldn't GenZ - my generation - be the ones to finally create a workforce built on both the stories of the women before us and the dreams of the girls who will come after them?
Enclosed in these pages are the voices of women who fought tirelessly to prove to the world that their gender is not a limiting factor - it is a symbol of their courage and resilience.
If you believe in a society that nurtures little girls' hopes - not relentlessly crushes them - this book is for you. The first step to meaningful change is simply listening to those who have already changed the world in their own unique way.