Author Lesley Michaels takes you on an exploration of life, womanhood, feminism, and the often-disorienting effects of the three colliding as women struggle to hold up more than just their half of the sky.

Women represent all races, cultures, religious affiliations, and sexual orientations. As they establish a new ethos of equality and equity among themselves, each one in every community - from elders to our current generation of children and those still to come - will be positively impacted. It is our time to rise and be loud, be bold, to be unapologetic in our demand for benevolent equality and equity in the lives of each person. It is our time to reach back and lift one with us as we rise.

Everything Lesley Michaels writes about being a woman is fascinating and enlightening. For instance, did you know the measurable economic value of gender diversity? As Michaels points out, companies in the top quartile for gender diversity outperform their competitors by 15%. On the Shoulders of Mighty Women encourages all women to be all they can be. It's a step-by-step guide, full of encouraging stories and abundant opportunities for

self-assessment and self-transcendence. The value of this book is beyond price.

Mitzi Perdue, author of Relentless, the biography of the Chicken Soup for the Soul co-author, Mark

Victor Hansen.

"On the Shoulders of Mighty Women is a provocative, gutsy call to women to set

down all lingering ideas of smallness and stand as the 'Mighty Women' they truly are."

Precious Williams, Bestselling Author of The Pitch Queen, A Woman's Journey From Poverty to

Purpose & Profits

"Lesley Michaels, author of Onthe Shoulders of Mighty Women, addresses the timely and complex issues around diversity with understanding and

nuance."

Janine Hamner Holman, CEO J&J Consulting Group, Founder DEIBPA (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion

& Belonging Professionals Association)

"Lesley Michaels celebrates women with grit, humor, and love. She is the unicorn that she mentions in On the Shoulders of Mighty Women, and we are all better off for her magic."

Betsy Gaines Quammen, PhD, Bestselling Author of American Zion