Dana Rubin, author of the book, Speaking While Female, joins Yo to discuss why it’s been so hard for women to speak in public historically. They also take a look at why speaking in public can be difficult and Dana offers some advice to help overcome the discomfort. Lastly, Dana (Boomer) offers great insights into how younger generations are leading the way when it comes to speaking up with confidence.
3 Takeaways:
1. Women have been speaking throughout history – for every effort to silence a woman, women did speak back (and that covers every ethnicity and race) – but we just didn’t acknowledge
their words, their presence in public.
2. Public speaking can be difficulty for women even today because of the criticism they can face about how they sound or how they look…but it is changing a bit.
3. If we don’t speak in public and miss out on the practice and experience to get better.
Mentioned in the Episode:
Book: Speaking While Female
Related Episode:
Ep. 4, What is Power to Women? A discussion about Mary Beard’s book: Women and Power: A Manifesto.
More About Dana Rubin:
Dana Rubin is a consultant, speechwriter, and speaker who’s on a mission to encourage more women to put their views into the public square. She created the Speaking While Female Speech Bank (SpeakingWhileFemale.co) to broaden our understanding of the role of women orators in history. It’s the world’s largest online archive of women’s speeches from around the world and across time, free for anyone to use. Dana has also just published a women’s speech anthology, "Speaking While Female: 75 Extraordinary Speeches by American Women,” which tells the story of America through the voices of women, from 1637-2021. Dana leads workshops that support women to be thought leaders, subject matter experts, brand ambassadors, and role models for future generations.
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Website (SpeakingWhileFemale.co)
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