Born To Rise: How 22 extraordinary women rewrote their stories, claimed their power, and followed their dreams

UNTIL VERY RECENTLY, HISTORY WAS WRITTEN ALMOST ENTIRELY ABOUT, BY, AND FOR, MEN. The stories we know as "history" are male stories, from a male perspective. They center around war, conquest, politics, leadership, and the bold, fierce men whose deeds reverberate across the ages (for better or worse). These are valuable, but they're not the only stories that should be told. Women's stories are the stories of the heart-of love, transformation, community, and the exploration of inner realms. Our "HERstory" isn't so much about what we did, but how we felt. It's the story of what it means to come home to ourselves. WOMEN DON'T CONQUER; WE GATHER. In the epic tradition of Chicken Soup for the Soul® and other great anthologies, this collection of moving and illuminating stories showcases life moments both tender and profound. These twenty-two extraordinary authors are makers of HERstory, and their journeys show us all that we, too, are born to RISE. This book includes stories from: Alexa Gorman, Ashley Cook, Christine Gallo, Christine Amerman, Diane Caine, Dominey Drew, Felicia D'Haiti, Jeannie Spiro, Jenn Edden, Jess Spino, Kelly West, Kendra E. Thornbury, Kim & Juliana Hayes, Linda Lindquist, Lisa Roche, Mary Jane Milici, Michelle Lemoi, Nikki Bond, Parchelle Tarci, Portia Michelle, and Renee Poirier.