Screen LibraryUnfinished business : women, men, work, 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...
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Random House,
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| Publisher Address: | New York, NY : |
| Publication Dates: |
2016. ©2015 |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | Random House Trade paperback edition. |
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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 De When Anne-Marie Slaughter's Atlantic article, "Why Women Still Can't Have it All" first appeared, it immediately went viral, creating a firestorm, sparking 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 even further and broken free of her long-standing assumptions about work, life, and family. Now, Slaughter is here with her eagerly anticipated take on the problems we still face, and how we can finally get past them. In her pragmatic, down-to-earth style, Slaughter bursts the bubble on all th |
| Carrier Form: | xxii, 338 pages ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780812984972 0812984978 |
| Index Number: | HQ1075 |
| CLC: | D771.286.8 |
| Call Number: | D771.286.8/S631 |
| Contents: | "It's such a pity you had to leave Washington" -- Half-truths women hold dear -- Half-truths about men -- Half-truths in the workplace -- Competition and care -- Is managing money really harder than managing kids? -- The next phase of the women's movement is a men's movement -- Let it go -- Change the way you talk -- Planning your career (even though it rarely works out as planned) -- The perfect workplace -- Citizens who care. |