Pay Up

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After years advocating for women and girls to smash glass ceilings and blaze their own trails, Reshma Saujani found herself on the floor of her bathroom, exhausted from trying to b alance infinite responsibilities. She wasn't alone. America's 90 million mothers are in crisis. Globally, women lost $800 billion in wages last year. Unemployment among women rose from 3.1 percent to nearly 15 percent. Anxiety among mothers tripled, and almost 70 percent of mothers reported a decline in physical health due to stress. Decades of failed social movements focused on workforce parity have left mothers overwhelmed and under-resourced. Saujani has a solution: The Marshall Plan for Moms-a proposal to compensate mothers for their unseen, unpaid labor. In Pay Up, the New York Times bestselling author lays out a bold set of plans to Show more