Being an eldest daughter can have certain advantages, but the overbearing sense of responsibility often gets in the way. Yet at the same time they seriously doubt that they are good enough. Firstborns are more intelligent than their siblings, more proficient verbally and more motivated to perform. Eldest daughters are responsible, dutiful, thoughtful, expeditious and caring. So what does it mean to be an eldest daughter?įirstborns Lisette Schuitemaker and Wies Enthoven set out to discover the big five qualities that characterize all eldest daughters to some degree. "Other than riding high in Forbes list of the world’s most powerful women," journalist Tracy McVeigh wrote in answer to her own question, "they are also all firstborn children in their families.
"What do Angela Merkel, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Christine Lagarde, Oprah Winfrey, Sheryl Sandberg, JK Rowling and Beyoncé have in common?" was the headline in the English newspaper The Observer in 2014.
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