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Women Men Work Family
Random House
October 2015
On Sale: September 29, 2015
352 pages
ISBN: 0812994566
EAN: 9780812994568
Kindle: B00VZZ2LME
Hardcover / e-Book
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Non-Fiction
A powerful, persuasive, thought-provoking vision for how
to finish the long struggle for equality between men and
women, work and family
When Anne-Marie Slaughter
accepted her dream job as the first female director of
policy planning at the U.S. State Department in 2009, she
was confident she could juggle the demands of her position
in Washington, D.C., with the responsibilities of her family
life in suburban New Jersey. Her husband and two young sons
encouraged her to pursue the job; she had a tremendously
supportive boss, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton; and she
had been moving up on a high-profile career track since law
school. But then life intervened. Parenting needs caused her
to make a decision to leave the State Department and return
to an academic career that gave her more time for her
family.
The reactions to her choice to leave
Washington because of her kids led her to question the
feminist narrative she grew up with. Her subsequent article
for The Atlantic, “Why Women Still Can’t Have It
All,” created a firestorm, sparked intense national debate,
and became one of the most-read pieces in the magazine’s
history.
Since that time, Anne-Marie Slaughter has
pushed forward, breaking free of her long-standing
assumptions about work, life, and family. Though many
solutions have been proposed for how women can continue to
break the glass ceiling or rise above the “motherhood
penalty,” women at the top and the bottom of the income
scale are further and further apart.
Now, in her
refreshing and forthright voice, Anne-Marie Slaughter
returns with her vision for what true equality between men
and women really means, and how we can get there. She
uncovers the missing piece of the puzzle, presenting a new
focus that can reunite the women’s movement and provide a
common banner under which both men and women can advance and
thrive.
With moving personal stories, individual
action plans, and a broad outline for change, Anne-Marie
Slaughter reveals a future in which all of us can finally
finish the business of equality for women and men, work and
family.
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