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Unfinished Business
Unfinished Business: Women Men Work Family | Anne-Marie Slaughter
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NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE WASHINGTON POST AND NPR An eye-opening call to action from someone who rethought the whole notion of having it all, Unfinished Business could change how many of us approach our most important business: living.People 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 Cant Have It All, created a firestorm, sparked intense national debate, and became one of the most-read pieces in the magazines 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 womens 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. Praise for Unfinished Business Another clarion call from Slaughter . . . Her case for revaluing and better compensating caregiving is compelling. . . . [Slaughter] makes it a point in her book to speak beyond the elite.Jill Abramson, The Washington Post Slaughters important contribution is to use her considerable platform to call for cultural change, itself profoundly necessary. . . . It should go right into the hands of (still mostly male) decision-makers.Los Angeles Times Slaughter should be applauded for devising a new vocabulary to identify a broad, misclassified social phenomenon. And she is razor-sharp on outlining the cultural shifts necessary to give caregiving its due.The Economist A meaningful correction to Sheryl Sandbergs Lean In . . . For Slaughter, it is organizationsnot womenthat need to change.Slate Im confident that you will be left with Anne-Maries hope and optimism that we can change our points of view and policies so that both men and women can fully participate in their families and use their full talents on the job.Hillary Rodham Clinton Slaughters gift for illuminating large issues through everyday human stories is what makes this book so necessary.Arianna Huffington From the Hardcover edition.
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Tjackson
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43/52-🌟🌟🌟🌟 - thus us a good book for married couples with children. Lots of great information about equal parenting and flexible work arrangements. I like many aspects of the book, but I am single with kids so much didn‘t really apply to me. As a supervisor, I paid attention to the flexible work and language about treating men and women equal. Not new information, but still interesting.

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Tjackson
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I agree!

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Tjackson
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Just 2 years away???????

julesG That can't be. 6y
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Tjackson
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“If you are caught up on your emails, your priorities are wrong”.

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I am more productive after I have traveled!!!!!

CouronneDhiver I totally agree 😊 Now if we could just get the boss to believe it... 6y
Tjackson @CouronneDhiver this statement was made by the CEO of Evernote. At least 1 boss believes it 😀😀😀😀. 6y
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I am sure at the end of my life, I won‘t be looking back hoping I put more hours in at the office. No matter how much I travel, I am sure I will always will so I had traveled more.

CouronneDhiver So true!!!! 6y
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Tjackson
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I have always liked the phrase “hope is not a strategy”.

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Of course not!

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Tjackson

True!! Very, very true!

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Tjackson
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True!! Very, very true!

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Tjackson
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I ❤️❤️❤️❤️ it when I am reading a book and author quotes another author of another book that I am reading!!!! I need to finish Give and Take soon.

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Tjackson
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Hmmmmmmm?

megnews I say no. But I‘m very disciplined with money. It probably depends on who is doing the managing. Curious to hear what your book says. 6y
Tjackson @megnews So far, the chapter is leaning towards NO, too. 6y
JanuarieTimewalker13 Wait a second. Do you have money to manage if you have kids? Lol I def think it‘s much harder to manage kids. 6y
arubabookwoman Kids for sure! 6y
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Tjackson
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I find a lot of happiness in a good meal, a play, a concert, a trip, flowers, and bubbly!!!!! I have been trying not to buy possessions unless they are books!!! Books bring me happiness, too!

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Sleep is important!!!!

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This is no surprise! Poverty trumps everything!!!

sudi True 🙌 6y
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😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢

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Excellent point!!!!

CarolynM Couldn't agree more 6y
obviateit YES! 🙌🏼 6y
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Tjackson
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Finished one book last night and jumped right into another. It will serve as nice companions to Make Trouble and Gloria Steinem‘s book that I have recently read. I guess this years theme is strong women role models!!!! I hope I like this one.

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A bit dry but still important message about how society must support & honor the caring labor done by both women & men, but which falls disproportionately to women -- precisely because we don't give it (& them) the credit it (they) deserve! Not a liberal tirade about the need for a 'nanny state,' but rather a practical approach that shows how men & women, work & family are interdependent. But still a call for greater participation & power of women

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Sale!!! I've heard good things of this book! The synopsis is super long so I can't copy it here but it's basically a book reevaluating whether or not women really can have careers AND family in our current society (a. lots of women have a full time job and still have to do all/most of the domestic work b. women get penalized at work for having children. Stuff like that.) Just added to my TBR last week and now it's on sale 😍🎉

CouronneDhiver Interesting! 🤔 I find the opposite at my job... I should check it out just for exposure to a different perspective. 7y
Hooked_on_books Interesting how we never ask this question about men. Maybe when we do, we'll finally be equal. 7y
queerbookreader @Hooked_on_books Women have done a good job at gaining careers widespread, but I think a big issue is that we haven't as a society moved to also shifting the domestic work so that both people equally share the work 7y
queerbookreader @Hooked_on_books We're still like "fine, women can work, but they still have to do the house stuff too" and it's so prevalent I see it all the time 7y
Hooked_on_books @lemonlime799 Exactly. The expectation is still there that the woman will take care of the home and children and that if both work and one needs to pull back from work for these reasons, it will be the woman. Until we change those attitudes, we will never achieve true equality. 7y
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Kat.Kao
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August what happened!!!! Well, lots of traveling with other people (so minimal car reading/reading in general), and school started last week. They were all great books (...and Cursed Child), though! I'm also running out of banked reviews, so I need to up my YA/MG reading, anyway.

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This book is surprisingly life-affirming & perfect to read the weekend before school starts. It's nice to read someone who respects teachers after so many articles about the high turnover rate & how teachers are paid way less than equally educated people in other fields. I have two masters degrees and teach middle school, yeah...already know that.

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HallieBFly

Wow!!! The opening chapter has me riveted...

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