Over three years Helgesen interviewed hundreds of ordinary American women in Naperville, a prosperous suburb near Chicago, Illinois.

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Pamela (Pam) Lenert is in the vanguard of Helgesen's Everyday Revolution.

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Helgesen's previous book, The Female Advantage, analyzing the managerial styles of successful women, has remained in print since it was first published in 1990 and made Helgesen a popular figure on the lecture circuit.

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