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Raise Your Hand

Alice Paul Tapper

Instant When Alice Tapper noticed that the girls in her class weren't participating as much as the boys, she knew she had to do something about it. With help from her Girl Scout troop and her parents, she came up with a patch that other girls could earn if they took a pledge to be more confident in...

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The Learning Leader Show With Ryan Hawk

In the episode, Jake shared that his daughter Alice noticed a gender gap in classroom hand‑raising, which inspired her to develop a Girl Scouts patch and eventually write a children's book titled Raise Your Hand after Penguin Books approached her. The discussion highlighted the book as a response to gender disparity rather than a formal recommendation.

Episode: 654: Jake Tapper - The Most Important Leadership S...

Jake recounted how his daughter Alice created the Raise Your Hand book after noticing gender disparity in classroom handraising, leading to a Girl Scouts patch and a published children's book.

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Alice noticed when she was eight that the girls weren't raising their hands and the boys were, so she wrote a book called Raise Your Hand.

Penguin Books saw the patch idea and asked her if she'd like to write a book called Raise Your Hand.

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