Title: Dear Ijeawele, or, A feminist manifesto in fifteen suggestions /
Authors: Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi, 1977-
Year: 2017
Subjects: Feminism; Feminist theory.; Child rearing Social aspects.; Mothers and daughters; Girls Conduct of life; Women Social conditions; Parental influences; Women Social conditions.; Féminisme.; Théorie féministe.; Éducation des enfants Aspect social.; Mères et filles.; Filles Morale pratique.; Femmes Conditions sociales; Parents Influence.; POLITICAL SCIENCE Essays.; SOCIAL SCIENCE Feminism & Feminist Theory.; SOCIAL SCIENCE Gender Studies.; Girls Conduct of life; Child rearing Social aspects; Feminism; Feminist theory; Mothers and daughters; Parental influences; Women Social conditions; Mädchen; Erziehung; Feminismus
Abstract: "A few years ago, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie received a letter from a childhood friend, asking her how to raise her baby girl as a feminist. 'Dear Ijeawele' is Adichie's letter of response. Here are fifteen suggestions for how to empower a daughter to become a strong, independent woman. From encouraging her to choose a helicopter, and not only a doll, as a toy if she so desires; having open conversations with her about clothes, makeup, and sexuality; debunking the myth that women are somehow biologically arranged to be in the kitchen making dinner, and that men can "allow" women to have full careers, Dear Ijeawele goes right to the heart of sexual politics in the twenty-first century. It can start a conversation about what it really means to be a woman today."--Publisher's description.