2 Books About Being a Woman Everyone Needs to Read

Raising a next-generation feminist is no small job, but Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie approaches the task with tenderness in her forthright advice to a friend, Dear Ijeawele. Adichie envisions ways mothers can nurture strong girls, from rejecting traditional gender roles ("the knowledge of cooking does not come pre-installed in a vagina") to leading by example (by simply being "a full person"). Dear Ijeawele is a volume as fierce and illuminating as bringing up a confident daughter, both with love at their core.