MEET THE AUTHOR OF "Why Women Still Can't Have It All !"
Atlantic author Anne-Marie Slaughter discusses the impact her provocative article had on the American dialog. PLUS stories about her State Department, Harvard and Princeton careers. DON'T MISS THIS BLOCKBUSTER EVENT. Joint Harvard-Yale-Princeton Lunch.
It’s time to stop fooling ourselves, says a woman who left a position of power: the women who have managed to be both mothers and top professionals are superhuman, rich, or self-employed. If we truly believe in equal opportunity for all women, here’s what has to change.
Writing on work-family balance
Slaughter's article titled "Why Women Still Can't Have it All" appeared in the July/August 2012 issue of
The Atlantic. In the first four days after publication, the piece attracted 725,000 unique readers, making it by far the most popular magazine article ever published in that magazine. In the same period, it received over 119,000 Facebook "Recommends," making it by far the most "liked" piece ever to appear in any version of the magazine. Within several days, it had been discussed in detail on the front page of the New York Times and in many other media outlets, attracting attention from around the world.
Harvard Kennedy School -- Institute of Politics Lectures
Anne-Marie Slaughter on
"Should Freedom of the Press Be Open or Closed?" and "How Can Women Have It All."
Education
Slaughter received her B.A. from the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton University in 1980, her M.Phil. in International Affairs from Oxford University in 1982, her J.D. from Harvard Law School in 1985, and her D.Phil. in International Relations from Oxford in 1992.[15] She graduated magna cum laude from Princeton in 1980 where she majored in the Woodrow Wilson School and received a certificate in European cultural studies. She won the Daniel M. Sachs Memorial Scholarship, one of Princeton's top honors, which provides for two years of study at Oxford University. She received her M.Phil. and D.Phil. degrees in international relations from Oxford in 1982 and 1992, respectively, and her law degree from Harvard Law School, cum laude, in 1985. She continued at Harvard after graduation as a researcher for her academic mentor, the distinguished international lawyer Abram Chayes.
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