Dear Ijeawele, or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions

By Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Subjects: Sociology, women's and gender studies, Feminist theory, race/class/gender, Women, Introduction to Women's Studies, Politics, Parental influences, Nonfiction, Women, social conditions, New York Times bestseller, nyt:combined-print-and-e-book-nonfiction=2017-03-26, Child rearing, LITERARY CRITICISM, Feminism, Comparative literature, Essays, introduction to gender studies, Femininity, Interdisciplinary studies, race and ethnic studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE, gender studies, Social conditions, Social aspects, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination & Race Relations, Mothers and daughters, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies, African literature

Description: Receiving a letter from a friend asking her how to raise her baby girl to be a feminist, Adichie responded with fifteen suggestions for how to empower a daughter to become a strong, independent woman. Her suggestions ranged from options for non-stereotyped toy options, to debunking myths that women are somehow biologically programmed to be in the kitchen instead of having a career. Adichie's letter will start an urgently needed conversation about what it really means to be a woman today.