At prestigious Phillips Andover Academy , only three girls have been school president . `` I want to tell her how I feel , '' a typical girl would say in my research interviews , `` Rachel Simmons : The real problem is that girls do n't feel authorized to be leaders . She says girls from childhood onward get mixed messages about displaying power . " I think the message we send our daughters at an early age is: You can be anything you want to be, but if you don't act like it then no one will ever love you. Awareness and education can help close the leadership gender gap .
At prestigious Phillips Andover Academy , only three girls have been school president . Rachel Simmons : The real problem is that girls do n't feel authorized to be leaders . She says girls from childhood onward get mixed messages about displaying power . " I think the message we send our daughters at an early age is: You can be anything you want to be, but if you don't act like it then no one will ever love you. Awareness and education can help close the leadership gender gap .