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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."<ref name="theguardiancowrite"/> 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."<ref name="theguardiancowrite"/>
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."<ref name="theguardiancowrite"/> 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."<ref name="theguardiancowrite"/>


==Background and contents==
==Contents==
More than one hundred women are featured in the volume, selected from more than two hundred essays the pair wrote.<ref name="townandcountryteamingup"/> Entries range from 4th 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.<ref name="theguardiancowrite"/> Some of the less familiar subjects include astronomer [[Caroline Herschel]], doctor [[Mary Edwards Walker]], pediatrician and professor [[Mona Hanna-Attisha]], and women's rights advocate [[Manal al-Sharif]].<ref name="cd-rev"/> Some family members of the Clintons are also included as subjects.<ref name="usatodayarewriting"/> 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.<ref name="wbur"/> (The photograph has often been mislabeled as being made on December 7, 1941. The story behind the black-and-white image was told by investigative reporter [[Bill Dedman]] in 2011.<ref>{{cite news | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111212203933/http://openchannel.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/12/12/9377669-pearl-harbor-surprise-photo-of-female-firefighters-wasnt-from-dec-7 | archivedate=December 12, 2011 | title=Pearl Harbor surprise: Photo of female firefighters wasn't from Dec. 7 | first=Bill | last=Dedman |authorlink=Bill Dedman| publisher=msnbc.com | work=Open Channel | date=December 12, 2011 | url=http://openchannel.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/12/12/9377669-pearl-harbor-surprise-photo-of-female-firefighters-wasnt-from-dec-7}}</ref> It has been colorized for the cover of this book.)
More than one hundred women are featured in the volume, selected from more than two hundred essays the pair wrote.<ref name="townandcountryteamingup"/> 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.<ref name="theguardiancowrite"/> Some of the less familiar subjects include astronomer [[Caroline Herschel]], doctor [[Mary Edwards Walker]], pediatrician and professor [[Mona Hanna-Attisha]], and women's rights advocate [[Manal al-Sharif]].<ref name="cd-rev"/> Some family members of the Clintons are also included as subjects.<ref name="usatodayarewriting"/> 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.<ref name="wbur"/> (The photograph has often been mislabeled as being made on December 7, 1941. The story behind the black-and-white image was told by investigative reporter [[Bill Dedman]] in 2011.<ref>{{cite news | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111212203933/http://openchannel.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/12/12/9377669-pearl-harbor-surprise-photo-of-female-firefighters-wasnt-from-dec-7 | archivedate=December 12, 2011 | title=Pearl Harbor surprise: Photo of female firefighters wasn't from Dec. 7 | first=Bill | last=Dedman |authorlink=Bill Dedman| publisher=msnbc.com | work=Open Channel | date=December 12, 2011 | url=http://openchannel.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/12/12/9377669-pearl-harbor-surprise-photo-of-female-firefighters-wasnt-from-dec-7}}</ref> It has been colorized for the cover of this book.)


The first book co-authored by the mother and daughter,<ref name="koin"/> it has sections labeled as "Hillary", "Chelsea", and "Hillary and Chelsea" to clarify who wrote what.<ref name="i-rev"/> The former wrote in [[longhand]] while the latter sought to use [[collaborative software]], making the writing process somewhat frustrating.<ref name="townandcountryteamingup"/><ref name="whyy-tour"/> The book was also written with the assistance of Lauren Peterson, a former speechwriter for the unsuccessful [[Hillary Clinton presidential campaign, 2016]].<ref name="i-rev"/> There are no footnotes or other indications in the book of where the research for the profiles comes from.<ref name="cd-rev"/> Financial terms of the book were not disclosed when the project was announced in August 2019.<ref name="usatodayarewriting"/>
The first book co-authored by the mother and daughter,<ref name="koin"/> it has sections labeled as "Hillary", "Chelsea", and "Hillary and Chelsea" to clarify who wrote what.<ref name="i-rev"/> The former wrote in [[longhand]] while the latter sought to use [[collaborative software]], making the writing process somewhat frustrating.<ref name="townandcountryteamingup"/><ref name="whyy-tour"/> The book was also written with the assistance of Lauren Peterson, a former speechwriter for the unsuccessful [[Hillary Clinton presidential campaign, 2016]].<ref name="i-rev"/> There are no footnotes or other indications in the book of where the research for the profiles comes from.<ref name="cd-rev"/> Financial terms of the book were not disclosed when the project was announced in August 2019.<ref name="usatodayarewriting"/>


==Promotional activities==
==Book tour==
Upon the book's release, the authors appeared on several television talk shows to promote it.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.bizjournals.com/bizwomen/news/latest-news/2019/09/hillary-and-chelsea-clinton-set-off-on-book-tour.html | title=Hillary and Chelsea Clinton set off on book tour | first= Betsey | last=Guzior | publisher=Bizwomen | date=September 30, 2019 | accessdate=October 4, 2019}}</ref> They also staged a [[book tour]] around the country,<ref name="wbur"/> with some appearances being held under the title "An Evening and Conversation with Hillary Rodham Clinton and Chelsea Clinton".<ref>{{cite news | url=https://nj1015.com/hillary-chelsea-clinton-come-to-nj-for-new-book-on-gutsy-women/ | title=Hillary & Chelsea Clinton come to NJ for new book on gutsy women | publisher= New Jersey 101.5 | accessdate=October 1, 2019}}</ref><ref name="koin">{{cite news | url=https://www.koin.com/local/multnomah-county/hillary-chelsea-to-bring-gutsy-women-to-portland/ | title=Hillary, Chelsea to bring 'Gutsy Women' to Portland | publisher=KOIN (TV) | date=September 20, 2019 | accessdate=October 1, 2019}}</ref> Sales were brisk in some locations, with tickets for an appearance at the [[Trinity United Methodist Church (Denver, Colorado)|Trinity United Methodist Church]] in Denver being gone within an hour.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://kdvr.com/2019/09/17/hillary-chelsea-clinton-book-tour-stop-in-denver-sells-out/ | title=Hillary, Chelsea Clinton book tour stop in Denver sells out | first=Chuck | last=Hickey | publisher=Fox 31 Denver | date=September 17, 2019}}</ref> Additional attention came to Hillary Clinton during interviews for the book, as publication of it happened to coincide with the filing on an [[Impeachment inquiry against Donald Trump|official impeachment inquiry against the man who had defeated her]] in the 2016 election.<ref name="wbur">{{cite news | url=https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2019/10/01/hillary-chelsea-clinton-trump-gutsy-women-book | title=Hillary And Chelsea Clinton On Trump Impeachment, Emails And 'Gutsy Women' Of History | date=October 1, 2019 | first= Tonya | last=Mosley | publisher=WBUR-FM | accessdate=October 2, 2019}}</ref> At a book tour appearance at the [[National Constitution Center]] in Philadelphia, which drew some 650 people, she said, "How appropriate that we would talk about a constitutional crisis such as the one we are in, right here at the Constitution Center."<ref name="whyy-tour">{{cite news | url=https://whyy.org/articles/at-philly-book-tour-stop-hillary-clinton-says-gop-should-back-trump-impeachment-inquiry/ | title=At Philly book tour stop, Hillary Clinton says GOP should back Trump impeachment inquiry | first=Peter | last=Crimmins | publisher=WHYY-TV | date=October 8, 2019}}</ref> She asked whether anyone in the president's party was willing to act like the pioneering U.S. senator [[Margaret Chase Smith]], who was one of the profiles in the book.<ref name="whyy-tour"/>
Upon the book's release, the authors appeared on several television talk shows to promote it.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.bizjournals.com/bizwomen/news/latest-news/2019/09/hillary-and-chelsea-clinton-set-off-on-book-tour.html | title=Hillary and Chelsea Clinton set off on book tour | first= Betsey | last=Guzior | publisher=Bizwomen | date=September 30, 2019 | accessdate=October 4, 2019}}</ref> They also staged a [[book tour]] around the country,<ref name="wbur"/> with some appearances being held under the title "An Evening and Conversation with Hillary Rodham Clinton and Chelsea Clinton".<ref>{{cite news | url=https://nj1015.com/hillary-chelsea-clinton-come-to-nj-for-new-book-on-gutsy-women/ | title=Hillary & Chelsea Clinton come to NJ for new book on gutsy women | publisher= New Jersey 101.5 | accessdate=October 1, 2019}}</ref><ref name="koin">{{cite news | url=https://www.koin.com/local/multnomah-county/hillary-chelsea-to-bring-gutsy-women-to-portland/ | title=Hillary, Chelsea to bring 'Gutsy Women' to Portland | publisher=KOIN (TV) | date=September 20, 2019 | accessdate=October 1, 2019}}</ref> Sales were brisk in some locations, with tickets for an appearance at the [[Trinity United Methodist Church (Denver, Colorado)|Trinity United Methodist Church]] in Denver being gone within an hour.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://kdvr.com/2019/09/17/hillary-chelsea-clinton-book-tour-stop-in-denver-sells-out/ | title=Hillary, Chelsea Clinton book tour stop in Denver sells out | first=Chuck | last=Hickey | publisher=Fox 31 Denver | date=September 17, 2019}}</ref>
Additional attention came to Hillary Clinton during interviews for the book, as publication of it happened to coincide with the filing on an [[Impeachment inquiry against Donald Trump|official impeachment inquiry against the man who had defeated her]] in the 2016 election.<ref name="wbur">{{cite news | url=https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2019/10/01/hillary-chelsea-clinton-trump-gutsy-women-book | title=Hillary And Chelsea Clinton On Trump Impeachment, Emails And 'Gutsy Women' Of History | date=October 1, 2019 | first= Tonya | last=Mosley | publisher=WBUR-FM | accessdate=October 2, 2019}}</ref> At a book tour appearance at the [[National Constitution Center]] in Philadelphia, which drew some 650 people, she said, "How appropriate that we would talk about a constitutional crisis such as the one we are in, right here at the Constitution Center."<ref name="whyy-tour">{{cite news | url=https://whyy.org/articles/at-philly-book-tour-stop-hillary-clinton-says-gop-should-back-trump-impeachment-inquiry/ | title=At Philly book tour stop, Hillary Clinton says GOP should back Trump impeachment inquiry | first=Peter | last=Crimmins | publisher=WHYY-TV | date=October 8, 2019}}</ref> She asked whether anyone in the president's party was willing to act like the pioneering U.S. senator [[Margaret Chase Smith]], who was one of the profiles in the book.<ref name="whyy-tour"/>


==Reception==
==Reception==
The book received a positive notice from [[Viv Groskop]] writing for the British newspaper ''[[i (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."<ref name="i-rev">{{cite news | url=https://inews.co.uk/culture/books/book-of-gutsy-women-hillary-chelsea-clinton-review-638845 | title=The Book of Gutsy Women by Hillary and Chelsea Clinton, review: a restrained statement of rebellion | first=Viv | last=Groskop | authorlink=Viv Groskop | newspaper=i | date= October 1, 2019 | accessdate=October 1, 2019}}</ref> Groskop concluded by saying, "The whole thing feels like a restrained statement of rebellion and also a sort of consolation."<ref name="i-rev"/> Feminist author [[Jo Freeman]], writing for SeniorWomenWeb, said "This is a book that every young woman needs to read."<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.seniorwomen.com/news/index.php/jo-freeman-reviews-the-book-of-gutsy-women-by-hillary-rodham-clinton-and-chelsea-clinton | title=Jo Freeman Reviews – The Book of Gutsy Women by Hillary Rodham Clinton and Chelsea Clinton | first=Jo | last=Freeman | authorlink=Jo Freeman | publisher=SeniorWomenWeb | date=2019 | accessdate=October 3, 2019}}</ref> Nancy Gilson in ''[[The Columbus Dispatch]]'' wrote that "a sense of female camaraderie permeates the book. ... It is a pleasure to read about favorite female heroines and an even greater pleasure to discover new ones."<ref name="cd-rev">{{cite news | url=https://www.dispatch.com/entertainmentlife/20191004/book-review--hillary-chelsea-clinton-offer-personal-tributes-to-female-heroines | title=Book review: Hillary, Chelsea Clinton offer personal tributes to female heroines | first=Nancy | last=Gilson | newspaper=The Columbus Dispatch | date=October 4, 2019 | accessdate=October 7, 2019}}</ref>
The book received a positive notice from [[Viv Groskop]] writing for the British newspaper ''[[i (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."<ref name="i-rev">{{cite news | url=https://inews.co.uk/culture/books/book-of-gutsy-women-hillary-chelsea-clinton-review-638845 | title=The Book of Gutsy Women by Hillary and Chelsea Clinton, review: a restrained statement of rebellion | first=Viv | last=Groskop | authorlink=Viv Groskop | newspaper=i | date= October 1, 2019 | accessdate=October 1, 2019}}</ref> Groskop concluded by saying, "The whole thing feels like a restrained statement of rebellion and also a sort of consolation."<ref name="i-rev"/> Feminist author [[Jo Freeman]], writing for SeniorWomenWeb, said "This is a book that every young woman needs to read."<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.seniorwomen.com/news/index.php/jo-freeman-reviews-the-book-of-gutsy-women-by-hillary-rodham-clinton-and-chelsea-clinton | title=Jo Freeman Reviews – The Book of Gutsy Women by Hillary Rodham Clinton and Chelsea Clinton | first=Jo | last=Freeman | authorlink=Jo Freeman | publisher=SeniorWomenWeb | date=2019 | accessdate=October 3, 2019}}</ref> Nancy Gilson in ''[[The Columbus Dispatch]]'' wrote that "a sense of female camaraderie permeates the book. ... It is a pleasure to read about favorite female heroines and an even greater pleasure to discover new ones."<ref name="cd-rev">{{cite news | url=https://www.dispatch.com/entertainmentlife/20191004/book-review--hillary-chelsea-clinton-offer-personal-tributes-to-female-heroines | title=Book review: Hillary, Chelsea Clinton offer personal tributes to female heroines | first=Nancy | last=Gilson | newspaper=The Columbus Dispatch | date=October 4, 2019 | accessdate=October 7, 2019}}</ref>


The book debuted at number two on [[The New York Times Best Seller list]] for the week of October 20, 2019.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/combined-print-and-e-book-nonfiction/ | title=Combined Print & E-Book Nonfiction | work=The New York Times Book Review | accessdate=October 12, 2019}}</ref>
The book debuted at number two on [[The New York Times Best Seller list]] for the week of October 20, 2019.<ref name="nytbsl">{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/combined-print-and-e-book-nonfiction/ | title=Combined Print & E-Book Nonfiction | work=The New York Times Book Review | accessdate=October 12, 2019}} For the week of October 20, 2019. Click on date navigation element to see subsequent weeks.</ref> In subsequent weeks it fell to number eight and then number thirteen.<ref name="nytbsl"/>


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 16:17, 26 October 2019

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
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 many cases the authors describe how the subjects influenced their lives and in some cases how they met them.[4] 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]

Background and contents

More than one 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 of the less familiar subjects include astronomer Caroline Herschel, doctor Mary Edwards Walker, pediatrician and professor Mona Hanna-Attisha, and women's rights advocate Manal al-Sharif.[4] Some family members of the Clintons are also included as subjects.[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.[5] (The photograph has often been mislabeled as being made on December 7, 1941. The story behind the black-and-white image was told by investigative reporter Bill Dedman in 2011.[6] It has been colorized for the cover of this book.)

The first book co-authored by the mother and daughter,[7] it has sections labeled as "Hillary", "Chelsea", and "Hillary and Chelsea" to clarify who wrote what.[8] The former wrote in longhand while the latter sought to use collaborative software, making the writing process somewhat frustrating.[2][9] The book was also written with the assistance of Lauren Peterson, a former speechwriter for the unsuccessful Hillary Clinton presidential campaign, 2016.[8] There are no footnotes or other indications in the book of where the research for the profiles comes from.[4] Financial terms of the book were not disclosed when the project was announced in August 2019.[3]

Promotional activities

Upon the book's release, the authors appeared on several television talk shows to promote it.[10] They also staged a book tour around the country,[5] with some appearances being held under the title "An Evening and Conversation with Hillary Rodham Clinton and Chelsea Clinton".[11][7] Sales were brisk in some locations, with tickets for an appearance at the Trinity United Methodist Church in Denver being gone within an hour.[12]

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.[5] At a book tour appearance at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, which drew some 650 people, she said, "How appropriate that we would talk about a constitutional crisis such as the one we are in, right here at the Constitution Center."[9] She asked whether anyone in the president's party was willing to act like the pioneering U.S. senator Margaret Chase Smith, who was one of the profiles in the book.[9]

Reception

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."[8] Groskop concluded by saying, "The whole thing feels like a restrained statement of rebellion and also a sort of consolation."[8] Feminist author Jo Freeman, writing for SeniorWomenWeb, said "This is a book that every young woman needs to read."[13] Nancy Gilson in The Columbus Dispatch wrote that "a sense of female camaraderie permeates the book. ... It is a pleasure to read about favorite female heroines and an even greater pleasure to discover new ones."[4]

The book debuted at number two on The New York Times Best Seller list for the week of October 20, 2019.[14] In subsequent weeks it fell to number eight and then number thirteen.[14]

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 c 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 c 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 d Gilson, Nancy (October 4, 2019). "Book review: Hillary, Chelsea Clinton offer personal tributes to female heroines". The Columbus Dispatch. Retrieved October 7, 2019.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ a b "Hillary, Chelsea to bring 'Gutsy Women' to Portland". KOIN (TV). September 20, 2019. Retrieved October 1, 2019.
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ a b c Crimmins, Peter (October 8, 2019). "At Philly book tour stop, Hillary Clinton says GOP should back Trump impeachment inquiry". WHYY-TV.
  10. ^ Guzior, Betsey (September 30, 2019). "Hillary and Chelsea Clinton set off on book tour". Bizwomen. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
  11. ^ "Hillary & Chelsea Clinton come to NJ for new book on gutsy women". New Jersey 101.5. Retrieved October 1, 2019.
  12. ^ Hickey, Chuck (September 17, 2019). "Hillary, Chelsea Clinton book tour stop in Denver sells out". Fox 31 Denver.
  13. ^ Freeman, Jo (2019). "Jo Freeman Reviews – The Book of Gutsy Women by Hillary Rodham Clinton and Chelsea Clinton". SeniorWomenWeb. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
  14. ^ a b "Combined Print & E-Book Nonfiction". The New York Times Book Review. Retrieved October 12, 2019. For the week of October 20, 2019. Click on date navigation element to see subsequent weeks.
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