Peggy Orenstein

Attended Oberlin College where she earned a B.A. degree in 1983. Then she moved to New York City, where she worked as an associate editor at "Esquire," later acquiring senior editing positions at "Manhattan, Inc." and "7 Days." In 1988, she became managing editor of "Mother Jones" in San Francisco. In 1991 Peggy began working as a writer and producer at Farallon Films.

... girls have more of a tendency, whether they're affluent or poor, whether they are successful or unsuccessful in school, to internalize failure, to think it's their fault that they fail. Boys blame the problem: 'Math is stupid.' Girls think: 'I'm not very smart.' And then they drop [out].