Positively Badass

Becca Anderson is an author, teacher and writing instructor living in the San Francisco Bay Area. Originally from Ohio, Becca’s background in women's studies has given her a lifelong passion for empowering women through their own herstory. The author of The Book of Awesome Women, Becca Anderson credits her first grade teacher as a great inspiration and runs several popular classes and workshops including “How to Put Your Passion on Paper.”

• Table of ContentsIntroductionChapter 1. Express Yourself (and Don’t Hold Back)Strut Your StuffWeird Is the New AwesomeThe Best Version of You Is…You!No Labels AllowedSimone de BeauvoirElla FitzgeraldHalet ÇambelMary McLeod BethuneTake Me As I AmChapter 2. Loving Your BodyTurn Insecurity into InspirationSwap Out Comparison for ConfidenceMoving Forward to FabulousSimone BilesHelen KellerBethany HamiltonLaverne CoxEmbrace Your Inner GoddessChapter 3. The Power of PositivityFind Your Happy PlaceMake Your Kindness ContagiousTake the Harder Road to HappinessMary OliverWilma RudolphEdith WhartonFind Your Own RainbowChapter 4. Saying No / Setting Boundaries Like a BossNo As a MantraYou Don’t Own MeCommunication Is KeyRuth Bader GinsbergKatherine JohnsonLee Tai-youngEva PeronYour Safe Space Is SacredChapter 5. Healthy Habits For Every WomanYou Need to Care About YouStop! In the Name of LoveBetty FriedanElizabeth BlackwellFaye WattletonAutumn PeltierFind Your Rhythm and Rock ItChapter 6. Yes, You Can Do Hard Things!The Future Is FemaleNobody Puts Baby in a CornerIda B. WellsMarie CurieWangari MaathaiCoretta Scott KingKalpana ChawlaHermila GalindoShake Up the SystemChapter 7. Strength in Numbers: Female FriendshipsStick With Your BestiesJust Love, No HateStand By Your GirlFannie Lou HamerMargaret AtwoodEsther IbangaEdwidge DanticatRaise a Glass With Your GirlsChapter 8. Words of Wisdom from Truly Golden GirlsA Number Does Not Define YouBetty WhiteRita MorenoLily TomlinJane GoodallDolly PartonCicely TysonCarol BurnettMarla GibbsJane FondaOne Life to LiveConclusionCall to ActionAbout the Author