say exactly when I noticed her, but being a woman around my age in a male-dominated field, she was an inspiration," said Branson, who spent the first several years of her career trying to prove herself to her male colleagues in the early-2000s finance industry. "I felt drawn to follow her."

The Iowa State University grad now runs a virtual assistants business out of her home, and — in addition to her subscription to Entrepreneur magazine and YouTube videos from her favorite motivational speaker Marie Forleo — follows career advice on IvankaTrump.com. Trump’s site is a fusion of a lifestyle blog and Lean In-style inspiration for millennial women.

Branson keeps up with the site’s work section each week, as well as Trump’s Women Who Work initiative, a collective of 50working relationship with her and her team."

"She really does celebrate and highlight the real day-to-day questions that a working mom would need"

Certain words come up again and again when I ask women to describe Trump: classy, poised, confident, measured, genuine. Her career trajectory — graduating from Wharton Business School and getting straight into the corporate world — meant that she could avoid the disdain hurled at fellow "rich girl" daughters like Paris Hilton, Ally Hilfiger, and Kim Kardashian. The more Trump speaks and writes, the more she convinces the world that she is more than the product of her father’s name and money.

Reader Miranda Puritz says she has no problem believing a trust fund kid can work as hard as the rest of us. From the moment she