W.E.B. Dubois’s Magnificent Letter of Advice to His Teenage Daughter

Beautiful letter from W.E.B. DuBois to his daughter Yolande

Trish Thomas

Principal & Lead Strategist at Akamai Strategy, Founder of Lark Builders

March 12, 2016

I just had the privilege of discovering this beautiful letter from a father to a daughter as she stepped into the great unknown. Yolande was the daughter of W.E.B. DuBois and went abroad to a p... See more

That the answer to all these questions—of art, of children, of startups—is “pay attention to your circumstances, work hard, establish the right culture, and manage your emotions” might be the most unsatisfying advice ever given. Still, it is the advice that I believe to be correct. There is no spreadsheet that will tell me how to raise my daughter ... See more