I’m happy to share the back cover text of my book for those who haven’t read it yet. For Bainbridge Islanders, know that the book is available at our lovely Eagle Harbor Bookshop (bring your dog there, he’ll have a treat!).
Under the Hat
One of Philadelphia’s first female stockbrokers. The first woman real estate developer in America to renovate old factory buildings into historic condos. A woman not afraid to volunteer in one of the nation’s highest-security prisons. A woman who started one of the first websites to help SENIORS in need.
And a woman who didn’t know who she was until the age of eighty-two.
Meet Florence Klein, a trailblazer who grew up during the Second World War, who decided one day as a child that she needed to take charge of her life and lived it that way for the next seven decades. Always impeccably dressed, Florence learned to keep her hat on—literally—as she navigated the male-dominated worlds of finance, real estate, and business while raising a family and following her dreams, no matter how utterly crazy they were.
In this candid memoir, Florence also shares her thoughts with a new generation of women and men about living a life of courage, purpose, inclusion, and kindness in a world that can feel confusing and cruel. Her remarkable life story proves that we each have what it takes to be trailblazers—and to encourage others to become them too.
Here is a review of the book
Greetings…
Florence Klein, has just crafted an informative and inspiring book, “Under The Hat”.
I’m recommending it as an efficient and delightful read, featuring her early and decades evolving work in the early business world as a woman.
She developed a balance and kind awareness of the importance of helping, as we often don’t know the story of “the other”.
Thought provoking under all of our “hats”!
Enjoy it!
Nancy Klimp
Florence Under the Hat 
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