Dawson writes second book on women business, civic leaders

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Fred Dawson has released a second book profiling some of the most accomplished women in the State of Delaware and in the Philadelphia area.

Dawson is a financial services professional in northern Delaware.

Entitled “Pearls: Women Who Radiate Success: Book 2,” co-written with local PR consultant and author Dana Dobson, the book is an personal look at the lives of 21 women from all walks of professional leadership—higher education, health care, politics, entrepreneurship, arts, big business and nonprofit, including:

  • Patricia Beebe, President & CEO, Food Bank of Delaware
  • Bebe Ross Coker, community service legend and literacy ddvocate
  • Peggy Delfabbro, CEO, M. Davis & Sons
  • Roxane Ferguson. executive director, Middletown Area Chamber of Commerce
  • Pat Forester, founder, Forester & Company
  • Jane Golden, founder and executive director, City of Philadelphia Mural Arts Program
  • Guillermina González, executive director, Delaware Arts Alliance
  • Sarah Ives (Sally) Gore, retired human resources, W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
  • Anne T. Hogan, CEO, Girl Scouts of the Chesapeake Bay
  • Robin Horn, M.D. cardiologist, Christiana Care Health System
  • Susan Hum, costume designer for David Letterman
  • Janet Killian, president and Founder, Gemini Janitorial Services
  • Rita Landgraf, former Secretary of the Delaware Department of Health & Social Svcs.
  • Carla Markell, former First Lady of Delaware
  • Kathy Matt, Ph.D., dean of the College of Health Sciences at University of Delaware
  • Alisa Morkides, founder & owner, Brew Ha Ha
  • Janice Nevin, M.D., CEO, Christiana Care Health System
  • Robyn Odegaard, Ph.D., CEO, Champion Performance Development
  • Danielle Rice, director of the Museum Leadership Graduate Program, Drexel  University
  • Polly Sierer, Mayor of Newark.
  • Beverly Stewart, M.Ed., president & director, Back to Basics Learning Dynamics, Inc.

“These women have experienced challenges of all types during the courses of their lives and careers—the loss of loved ones, serious illnesses, career upheavals and gender discrimination,” said Dawson. “What makes these women different is that each of them understands her worth, refused to give up when life got tough and achieved great professional and spiritual success as a result.”

Dawson’s inspiration for the book project came from his mother, June Dawson, a single mother who raised three boys while working full time on the assembly line at the Newark Chrysler Plant in the 50s and 60s.

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“Mom worked in a blue-collar atmosphere dominated by men, and I learned later in life that the gender discrimination in her work environment was rampant, and that she endured many humiliating and embarrassing moments at the hands of her male co-workers,” said Dawson, “but she never let them get her down. Her influence shaped my life for the better, and it’s why I have dedicated my professional life to the service and support of high-achieving women.”

Book one won first place in the nonfiction category at the Delaware Press Association’s annual communications competition and took first place in the National Federation of Press Women’s 2016 annual communications competition.

“Pearls: Women Who Radiate Success, Book 2” is available on Amazon at http://amzn.to/2rkvbLz.  All sales proceeds benefit the Fresh Start Scholarship Foundation, a Delaware-based nonprofit organization dedicated to helping women improve their lives through education and mentorship.

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