Publisher's Synopsis
RenWomen: What Modern Renaissance Women Have to Teach Us About Living Rich Fulfilling Lives is co-authored by twin sister and brother: Dale Griffiths Stamos and W. Scott Griffiths.The book is an exploration of some remarkable multi-talented, multi-faceted women working at the height of their abilities. Their lives and unique insights can inspire and guide women in how to reach higher and delve deeper in their own lives. Full of personal interviews, the women we profile are: Barbara Lazaroff (restaurateur, designer, writer, philanthropist, speaker); Frances Hesselbein (former CEO of Girl Scouts of America; founder of Leadership Institute, author, editor, Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient); Lorie Karnath (explorer, scientist, author and philanthropist); Eva Haller (philanthropist, activist, executive and board member of multiple non-profits, Magnusson Fellow); Margaret Wertheim (trained mathematician/physicist, science writer, speaker, co-founder of Institute of Figuring); Christine Wertheim (artist, poet, professor, co-founder Institute of Figuring); Lydia Kennard (urban planner, lawyer, former Executive Director of Los Angeles World Airports, founder and CEO of KDG Construction Consulting, board member of multiple companies); Dale Franzen (former dancer and opera singer; teacher, founder & Director of the Broad Stage) and her daughter, Alexandra Franzen (online entrepreneur, author, coach, ghost writer); Marinela Gombosev (engineer, business and marketing expert, manager); Lita Singer, Ph.D. (psychologist, professor, author, musician, fine art photographer); Kathy Eldon (journalist, film and TV producer, author, founder and director of Creative Visions Foundation); Jeanne Meyers, Rita Stern Milch, and Karen Pritzker (co-founders of The My Hero Project, and multi-talented in the arts and philanthropy); Helene Cardona (actress, poet, tri-lingual translator, magazine editor, dream analyst). We also include a chapter on the "Icons," famous RenWomen such as Oprah Winfrey, Hillary Clinton, Condoleezza Rice, Maya Angelou, Jane Fonda, and Arianna Huffington. The authors come from their own multi-faceted backgrounds. Dale Griffiths Stamos is a playwright, screenwriter, poet, teacher, and producer. W. Scott Griffiths is an entrepreneur, branding and marketing expert, professor, and author/co-author of fivepublished books. There is a growing market for books about the power and values of women, represented by current books likeThe Athena Doctrine, Lean In, End of Men, Vital Voices, and the documentary film (by Emmanuel Itier), Femme: Women Healing the World. RenWomendistinguishes itself as both aspirational and inspirational. It presents pragmatic lessons on how, as women, to achieve at one's highest level, while also showing the deeper values at the heart of such achievement. In our constantly shifting, global, and confounding 21st century world, "RenWomen" hold key insights into how to live an expansive life of joy, passion and living up to one's fullest potential."
