Women Talk Money: Breaking the Taboo

A searing & fearless anthology of essays exploring the profound impact of money on women’s lives, edited by prominent feminist & writer Rebecca Walker.
Women Talk Money is a groundbreaking collection that lifts the veil on what women talk about when they talk about money; it unflinchingly recounts the power of money to impact health, define relationships, & shape identity. The collection includes previously unpublished essays by trailblazing writers, activists, & models, such as Alice Walker, Tressie McMillan Cottom, Rachel Cargle, Tracy McMillan, Cameron Russell, Sonya Renee Taylor, Adrienne Maree Brown, & more, with Rebecca Walker as editor. 
In this provocative anthology, we discover a family that worships money even as it tears them apart; we read about the “financial death sentence” a transgender woman must confront to live as herself. We trace the journey of a Silicon Valley entrepreneur who finally makes enough money to discover her spiritual impoverishment; we follow a stressful email exchange between an unsympathetic university financial officer & a desperate family who can’t afford to pay their daughter’s tuition, & more. This collection is a clarion call to conduct honest conversations that demystify & transform the role money plays in our lives. Dazzlingly resonant & deeply familiar, Women Talk Money is a revelation.
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Rebecca Walker was born to civil rights attorney Mel Leventhal & Pulitzer Prize winning author Alice Walker in 1969 in the first integrated hospital in Jackson, Mississippi. Rebecca was raised under their tutelage in New York & San Francisco before moving to New Haven to attend Yale College, where she graduated summa cum laude with honors in African & African-American history. After graduation, she founded Third Wave Foundation, a non-profit designed to support young women & transgender youth working for social justice. Within 2 years, Time Magazine named her one of the most influent