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The Book of Gutsy Women: Favorite Stories of Courage and Resilience
AuthorsHillary Rodham Clinton, Chelsea Clinton
LanguageEnglish
SubjectHeroic women
GenreNon-fiction
PublisherSimon & Schuster
Publication date
October 1, 2019
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint
Pages464
ISBN1-5011-7841-5
Preceded byWhat Happened
She Persisted 
WebsitePublisher website

The Book of Gutsy Women: Favorite Stories of Courage and Resilience is a book co-authored by Hillary Rodham Clinton, the former U.S. first lady, senator, and secretary of state, and her daughter Chelsea Clinton. It is Hillary Clinton's eighth book with her publisher, Simon & Schuster.

It was released on October 1, 2019, and includes portraits of "gutsy women" including Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Mary Ritter Beard, Harriet Tubman, Edith Windsor, and Malala Yousafzai.[1][2][3] In explaining their motivation to write the book, the authors say, "If history shows one thing, it's that the world needs gutsy women. So in the moments when the long haul seems awfully long, we hope you will draw strength from these stories. We do."[1] Hillary Clinton added, "This book is a continuation of a conversation Chelsea and I have been having since she was a little girl, and we are excited to welcome others into that conversation."[1]

More than a hundred women are featured in the volume, selected from more than two hundred essays the pair wrote.[2] Entries range from 17th century nun and self-taught scholar Juana Inés de la Cruz to contemporary teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg, and include women who are little known to history.[1] Some family members of the Clintons are also included.[3] The cover image shows, as the authors state, a group of women firefighters in a training exercise at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard sometime after U.S. entry into World War II[4]. (The photo has often been mislabeled as being made on December 7, 1941. The story behind the photograph was told by investigative reporter Bill Dedman in 2011.)[5]

The first book co-authored by the mother and daughter;[6] it has sections labeled as "Chelsea", "Hillary", and "Hillary and Chelsea" to name the authors.[7] The book was written with the collaboration of Lauren Peterson, a former speechwriter for the unsuccessful Hillary Clinton presidential campaign, 2016.[7]

Upon the book's release, the authors staged a book tour around the country to promote it,[4] with some appearances being held under the title "An Evening and Conversation with Hillary Rodham Clinton and Chelsea Clinton".[8][6] Additional attention came to Hillary Clinton during interviews for the book, as publication of it happened to coincide with the filing on an official impeachment inquiry against the man who had defeated her in the 2016 election.[4]

The book received a positive notice from Viv Groskop writing for the British newspaper i, who praised the "beautifully written stories of women's lives" and characterized it as "possibly a first: a cultural artefact inspired by a mother and a daughter which is neither cringeworthily sentimental nor frighteningly bitchy."[7] Groskop concluded by saying, "The whole thing feels like a restrained statement of rebellion and also a sort of consolation."[7]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Flood, Alison (August 6, 2019). "Hillary and Chelsea Clinton co-write The Book of Gutsy Women". The Guardian. Retrieved August 12, 2019.
  2. ^ a b Hallemann, Caroline (August 6, 2019). "Hillary Clinton and Her Daughter Chelsea Are Teaming Up to Write The Book of Gutsy Women". Town & Country. Retrieved August 12, 2019.
  3. ^ a b Italie, Hillel (August 6, 2019). "Hillary and Chelsea Clinton are writing their first book together about 'gutsy' women through history". USA Today. Associated Press. Retrieved August 12, 2019.
  4. ^ a b c Mosley, Tonya (October 1, 2019). "Hillary And Chelsea Clinton On Trump Impeachment, Emails And 'Gutsy Women' Of History". WBUR-FM. Retrieved October 2, 2019.
  5. ^ Dedman, Bill (December 12, 2011). "Pearl Harbor surprise: Photo of female firefighters wasn't from Dec. 7". Open Channel. msnbc.com. Archived from the original on December 12, 2011.
  6. ^ a b "Hillary, Chelsea to bring 'Gutsy Women' to Portland". KOIN (TV). September 20, 2019. Retrieved October 1, 2019.
  7. ^ a b c d Groskop, Viv (October 1, 2019). "The Book of Gutsy Women by Hillary and Chelsea Clinton, review: a restrained statement of rebellion". i. Retrieved October 1, 2019.
  8. ^ "Hillary & Chelsea Clinton come to NJ for new book on gutsy women". New Jersey 101.5. Retrieved October 1, 2019.
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