Gloria Feldt : MyBlogHer Profile

Passionate for women's rights and leadership advancement, through my books, speeches and workshops, and media. My newest book, No Excuses: 9 Ways Women Can Change How We Think About Power ~ Tools for Leading an Unlimited Life, has been atop Amazon's leadership and feminist theory lists for many months. I looked at why women are stuck at 18% of leadership positions in spite of being 51% of the population, purchasers of 85% of consumer goods, half the workplace, and 52% of voters. The doors are open, so why aren't we walking through them? To help change these ratios, I share the 9 Ways, specific tips and "power tools," for how we can reach parity for our own good and the good of society.

I love speaking to women's groups and conferences. I have also turned the No Excuses Power Tools into a workshop that helps women explore their own relationship with power and create practical action plans for using the power tools to make their own lives and leadership bettter. I'm "the voice of experience", as People magazine said, speaking from where the personal and political meet.

I have two blogs on my website. Heartfeldt deals with issues where the personal meets the political and 9 Ways is an ongoing conversation about, well, the 9 Ways. I'm a media commentator on leadership, politics, women's lives, reproductive and public health, media, intergenerational feminism. My favorite question is always: "So what are we going to do about it?"

New York Times bestselling author of Send Yourself Roses..Thoughts on Life, Love, and Leading Roles; co-written with Kathleen Turner. Previous books are The War on Choice, and Behind Every Choice Is a Story;. Blog/write for Huffington Post, Women's e-News, Truthout, Women's Media Center, Wimn, Elle, and others including my website GloriaFeldt.com and Heartfeldt blog.

I'm also former president of Planned Parenthood Federation of America, with 30-year career in reproductive justice and movement leadership. My husband Alex Barbanell and I have a combined family of six children and 14 grandchildren.