Release Date:
Wednesday, November 6, 2019
Waterman told an audience at Mechanics Hall Wednesday night that her coach realized instantly that was her personal story. And her personal story isn’t unlike most of the backgrounds of the girls who attend Girls Inc. today - it’s a lifelong fight for confidence, equity and empowerment in the face of social and cultural pressures that continue to devalue women, and encourage them to break each other down.
Waterman sat for questions with Dr. Marianne Felice, professor emerita of pediatrics at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, to talk about biological, emotional and cultural factors that shape girls’ sense of who they are from a young age.