Melinda did well at Microsoft, also married Bill Gates, and then quit her job to raise their kids. Melinda then went on to study computers in college and get an MBA, then a job at Microsoft. Bauer at her all girl’s school buy 5 Apple II+ computers and learn how to use them so that she could teach the 600 girls in her school. She was lucky to have a math teacher Mrs. Melinda grew up learning about computers when they were just being developed. The Lift of a Great Idea – Story of Melinda Gates Melinda Gates wants to share stories of women being lifted up, and she starts with her own. I love her quote “Because sometimes all that’s needed to lift women up is to stop pulling them down.” (p.3) Sharing Stories of Women Being Lifted Up She wants to create a moment of lift in human hearts so that we all want to lift up women. Her book is inspired by her travels, and her realization that the best way to lift humanity is to lift women. Melinda Gates chooses the title because it represents the awe inspiring and curious moment when great things happen, like a space shuttle launching or a plane taking off or spiritual enlightenment. I learned a lot from her book, and find it to be alarming, inspiring and practical all at the same time. She wanted to raise her 3 kids with her rich, successful and the highly publicized Bill Gates. This was in part because she did not want to be in the spotlight. Melinda Gates is by far one of the most wealthy and powerful women in the world, and I didn’t even know what she looked like until a few months ago.
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