Regine, a developmental psychologist and writer who conducts workshops and life coaching, tells the stories of about 50 successful women from different areas of life and around the world (mostly the US) who achieved success in business, politics, writing, art, medicine, and other fields. For these women, which she sees as combining the will of iron with the gentleness of a butterfly, Regine shows how they have mixed masculine with feminine skills like vulnerability, inclusion, empathy, a holistic perspective, spirituality, and emotional strength, to transform themselves and a society that has been focused on power over others. She describes the importance of remembering women's history, closing the gender gap, pursuing passion, dealing with negative aspects of masculinity and stereotypes, listening to inner wisdom, dealing with injustice, and how these women did these things. There is no index. Annotation ©2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)