Leesburg Today: Rep. Comstock Launches Program To Inspire Young Women To Lead

Consider it a Lean In Circle: junior edition.

Inspired by the bookand TED Talk by Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg, Barbara Comstock launched the Young Women’s Leadership Program three years ago as a Virginia state delegate to urge middle and high school girls to be courageous enough to meet their full potential.

“Everything she talked about in her book resonated with me,” Comstock said in an interview this week, referring to “Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead,” that’s been called this generation’s feminist manifesto. “I wanted to start the program to expose young girls to leaders in a variety of fields so they could start picturing themselves as leaders.”

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