Deborah Cole pulls from her own experience as a woman growing up in the South with the expectations and conformities placed upon her that never truly fit. Too constrictive and heavily influenced by an antiquated mentality that women should 'Be ladylike,’ she pulls the reader through her struggles and triumphs to adapt and find her own space in business and life. 'Fighting for her own place at the table’ she redefines a woman’s role in the South from the perspective of 35 Texas female business owners. Cole, former business owner and leader, is a speaker, writer and visual storyteller with years of experience leading teams and managing multi-million-dollar projects while shifting her focus and lens to a documentary-style photographer and writer.