Tag: struggles of working mothers

I Wish I Were Homeward Bound: Two Weeks Away From My Toddler

I Wish I Were Homeward Bound: Two Weeks Away From My Toddler

For the past three weeks I have been in Nicaragua for work.  Originally my husband and my 22 month old toddler came with me, as we generally always travel as a family whether my husband or I are traveling for work.  But this time it […]

Why Women Still Can’t Have It All (Atlantic Magazine)

Why Women Still Can’t Have It All (Atlantic Magazine)

In the July/August 2012 issue of Atlantic Magazine Anne-Marie Slaughter, the first woman director of policy planning at the State Department under Hillary Clinton, discusses the struggles of working mothers.  She questions if, and suggests that, feminists have sold young women a fiction about “having it […]