How Sheryl Sandberg's grandmother taught her it was okay to lean on other women for support
Sandberg speaking at the 2013 Dreamforce conference in San Francisco, California.
But Sandberg also knows how to lean on other women for support and she revealed her inspiration for that mindset to Lena Dunham in a recent interview on Lenny Letter, Dunham's digital newsletter about topics like feminism, style, health, and politics.
In the interview, Dunham asked who taught Sandberg it was okay "to reach out to other women and ask for support, rather than hide behind false confidence and a sense of needing to be the perfect professional."
In response, Sandberg cited her grandmother, Rosalind Einhorn, who was a first generation college graduate, cancer survivor, and business owner.
"She grew up poor and her parents divorced, which was unheard of during that time," Sandberg told Dunham of her grandmother's situation.
When diagnosed with breast cancer in her 30s, Einhorn turned her focus to helping other women with the disease and raised money for breast cancer screenings. "She literally drove around selling watches out of her car to raise money," Sandberg said.
Sandberg cited her mother, Arianna Huffington, and interviewer Dunham as other sources of inspiration and strength in her life. "When you look at successful women, they have other women who have supported them, and they've gotten to where they are because of those women," she said.
The two discussed Sandberg's new initiative, Together Women Can, as well. For more on the initiative and about Sandberg's life, read the full interview on Lenny Letter.
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