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Ambitious Like a Mother
by Lara Bazelon • 2022
Mothers are told their ambition hurts their kids. The evidence shows it helps them.
3.58
164
Ambitious Like a Mother Summary
Ambitious Like a Mother 97%
Mothers are told their ambition hurts their kids. The evidence shows it helps them.
by Lara Bazelon 2022
3.58
164 ratings
Unfinished Business
by Anne-Marie Slaughter • 2015
Closing the gender gap means changing work, not women: revaluing care and rewriting the rules.
3.91
3k+
Unfinished Business Summary
Unfinished Business 96%
Closing the gender gap means changing work, not women: revaluing care and rewriting the rules.
by Anne-Marie Slaughter 2015
3.91
3k+ ratings
Good Enough Is the New Perfect
by Becky Beaupre Gillespie • 2011
Good enough beats perfect: a working mom's guide to dropping the guilt and keeping the career.
3.40
191
Good Enough Is the New Perfect Summary
Good Enough Is the New Perfect 95%
Good enough beats perfect: a working mom's guide to dropping the guilt and keeping the career.
by Becky Beaupre Gillespie 2011
3.40
191 ratings
Overwhelmed
by Brigid Schulte • 2014
The overwhelmed life is a structural trap, not a personal failure: three myths keep you frantic.
3.83
8k+
Overwhelmed Summary
Overwhelmed 95%
The overwhelmed life is a structural trap, not a personal failure: three myths keep you frantic.
by Brigid Schulte 2014
3.83
8k+ ratings
The New Feminist Agenda
by Madeleine Kunin • 2012
Most rich nations mandate paid family leave. The US does not. A former governor on why.
3.76
119
The New Feminist Agenda Summary
The New Feminist Agenda 95%
Most rich nations mandate paid family leave. The US does not. A former governor on why.
by Madeleine Kunin 2012
3.76
119 ratings
Drop the Ball
by Tiffany Dufu • 2017
A shared home spreadsheet, a real partner, and the surprising career gains of doing less.
3.83
4k+
Drop the Ball Summary
Drop the Ball 95%
A shared home spreadsheet, a real partner, and the surprising career gains of doing less.
by Tiffany Dufu 2017
3.83
4k+ ratings
The Wife Drought
by Annabel Crabb • 2014
We've spent decades getting women into the workplace. The harder project is getting men out.
4.15
4k+
The Wife Drought Summary
The Wife Drought 95%
We've spent decades getting women into the workplace. The harder project is getting men out.
by Annabel Crabb 2014
4.15
4k+ ratings
Fed Up
by Gemma Hartley • 2018
Noticing, planning, soothing: invisible work women are raised for and men are trained to ignore.
3.72
4k+
Fed Up Summary
Fed Up 94%
Noticing, planning, soothing: invisible work women are raised for and men are trained to ignore.
by Gemma Hartley 2018
3.72
4k+ ratings
Darling, You Can't Do Both
by Janet Kestin • 2014
You cannot outwork bias or out-nice sexism. Two creative chiefs on what moves women forward.
3.79
338
Darling, You Can't Do Both Summary
Darling, You Can't Do Both 94%
You cannot outwork bias or out-nice sexism. Two creative chiefs on what moves women forward.
by Janet Kestin 2014
3.79
338 ratings
Work Won't Love You Back
by Sarah Jaffe • 2021
From unpaid interns to burned-out coders, one ideology fuels it all: devotion to the job.
3.94
5k+
Work Won't Love You Back Summary
Work Won't Love You Back 94%
From unpaid interns to burned-out coders, one ideology fuels it all: devotion to the job.
by Sarah Jaffe 2021
3.94
5k+ ratings
Touched Out
by Amanda Montei • 2023
From consent to care work: how motherhood traps women in a system that owns their bodies.
4.18
425
Touched Out Summary
Touched Out 94%
From consent to care work: how motherhood traps women in a system that owns their bodies.
by Amanda Montei 2023
4.18
425 ratings
Screaming on the Inside
by Jessica Grose • 2022
Centuries of impossible ideals set the trap. The pandemic sprang it, and the exit is ambivalence.
3.47
5k+
Screaming on the Inside Summary
Screaming on the Inside 94%
Centuries of impossible ideals set the trap. The pandemic sprang it, and the exit is ambivalence.
by Jessica Grose 2022
3.47
5k+ ratings
The Likeability Trap
by Alicia Menendez • 2019
The workplace paradox trapping women: warmth undercuts competence, strength undercuts likeability.
3.57
1k+
The Likeability Trap Summary
The Likeability Trap 94%
The workplace paradox trapping women: warmth undercuts competence, strength undercuts likeability.
by Alicia Menendez 2019
3.57
1k+ ratings
Feminist Fight Club
by Jessica Bennett • 2016
How to get heard, paid, and promoted when the office deck is stacked against you.
3.76
8k+
Feminist Fight Club Summary
Feminist Fight Club 93%
How to get heard, paid, and promoted when the office deck is stacked against you.
by Jessica Bennett 2016
3.76
8k+ ratings
Essential Labor
by Angela Garbes • 2022
The invisible labor of mothering holds up the economy. It could also remake it.
3.79
3k+
Essential Labor Summary
Essential Labor 93%
The invisible labor of mothering holds up the economy. It could also remake it.
by Angela Garbes 2022
3.79
3k+ ratings
Fair Play
by Eve Rodsky • 2019
End resentment from invisible labor: a card-based system that makes domestic work fair.
3.58
26k+
Fair Play Summary
Fair Play 93%
End resentment from invisible labor: a card-based system that makes domestic work fair.
by Eve Rodsky 2019
3.58
26k+ ratings
The Most Important Job In The World
by Gina Rushton • 2022
The hardest question about having children isn't whether you're ready. It's whether the world is.
4.08
988
The Most Important Job In The World Summary
The Most Important Job In The World 93%
The hardest question about having children isn't whether you're ready. It's whether the world is.
by Gina Rushton 2022
4.08
988 ratings
The Power Pause
by Neha Ruch • 2025
A career break isn't a résumé gap; it's a power move. The plan to come back better.
4.16
2k+
The Power Pause Summary
The Power Pause 93%
A career break isn't a résumé gap; it's a power move. The plan to come back better.
by Neha Ruch 2025
4.16
2k+ ratings
The Memo
by Minda Harts • 2019
Career advice assumes a seat at the table. This one starts outside, with a plan.
4.21
2k+
The Memo Summary
The Memo 93%
Career advice assumes a seat at the table. This one starts outside, with a plan.
by Minda Harts 2019
4.21
2k+ ratings
Knowing Your Value
by Mika Brzezinski • 2011
Why you're paid less, and a direct approach to negotiating the salary you deserve.
3.80
4k+
Knowing Your Value Summary
Knowing Your Value 93%
Why you're paid less, and a direct approach to negotiating the salary you deserve.
by Mika Brzezinski 2011
3.80
4k+ ratings
The Authority Gap
by Mary Ann Sieghart • 2021
Why we still doubt a woman's expertise, from boardroom to conversation, and what to do.
4.31
3k+
The Authority Gap Summary
The Authority Gap 93%
Why we still doubt a woman's expertise, from boardroom to conversation, and what to do.
by Mary Ann Sieghart 2021
4.31
3k+ ratings
Exit Interview
by Kristi Coulter • 2023
Amazon promised a meritocracy. For women, ambition demanded a second full-time job: survival.
4.14
7k+
Exit Interview Summary
Exit Interview 93%
Amazon promised a meritocracy. For women, ambition demanded a second full-time job: survival.
by Kristi Coulter 2023
4.14
7k+ ratings
Why Women Are Poorer Than Men and What We Can Do About It
by Annabelle Williams • 2021
No single policy fixes it: the interlocking traps that keep women poorer across their entire lives.
4.17
535
Why Women Are Poorer Than Men and What We Can Do About It Summary
Why Women Are Poorer Than Men and What We Can Do About It 93%
No single policy fixes it: the interlocking traps that keep women poorer across their entire lives.
by Annabelle Williams 2021
4.17
535 ratings
How Women Rise
by Sally Helgesen • 2018
The 12 career habits that hold women back, and the shifts that counter each one.
4.08
10k+
How Women Rise Summary
How Women Rise 93%
The 12 career habits that hold women back, and the shifts that counter each one.
by Sally Helgesen 2018
4.08
10k+ ratings
Why Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism
by Kristen R. Ghodsee • 2018
East German women had more orgasms. The reason: they didn't need men's money.
3.98
8k+
Why Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism Summary
Why Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism 93%
East German women had more orgasms. The reason: they didn't need men's money.
by Kristen R. Ghodsee 2018
3.98
8k+ ratings
Mother of Invention
by Katrine Marçal • 2020
From the wheeled suitcase to AI, one question decides what succeeds: does it threaten masculinity?
3.90
2k+
Mother of Invention Summary
Mother of Invention 93%
From the wheeled suitcase to AI, one question decides what succeeds: does it threaten masculinity?
by Katrine Marçal 2020
3.90
2k+ ratings
Seen, Heard, and Paid
by Alan Henry • 2022
For underrepresented professionals: the tasks that actually get you promoted and the ones to refuse.
4.08
116
Seen, Heard, and Paid Summary
Seen, Heard, and Paid 92%
For underrepresented professionals: the tasks that actually get you promoted and the ones to refuse.
by Alan Henry 2022
4.08
116 ratings
The Moment of Lift
by Melinda French Gates • 2019
Empowering women does more to end poverty and disease than any technology.
4.27
65k+
The Moment of Lift Summary
The Moment of Lift 92%
Empowering women does more to end poverty and disease than any technology.
by Melinda French Gates 2019
4.27
65k+ ratings
Dear Ijeawele, or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions
by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie • 2017
Fifteen lessons for raising a daughter who knows her worth is unconditional, not a negotiation.
4.50
89k+
Dear Ijeawele, or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions Summary
Dear Ijeawele, or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions 92%
Fifteen lessons for raising a daughter who knows her worth is unconditional, not a negotiation.
by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 2017
4.50
89k+ ratings
Everything Is Negotiable
by Meg Myers Morgan • 2018
You give too much. The counterintuitive case for caring less and negotiating a bigger life.
3.80
360
Everything Is Negotiable Summary
Everything Is Negotiable 92%
You give too much. The counterintuitive case for caring less and negotiating a bigger life.
by Meg Myers Morgan 2018
3.80
360 ratings
Labours of Love
by Madeleine Bunting • 2020
The work that sustains us from birth to death has been deliberately erased from economic view.
4.07
160
Labours of Love Summary
Labours of Love 92%
The work that sustains us from birth to death has been deliberately erased from economic view.
by Madeleine Bunting 2020
4.07
160 ratings
WHAT OUR MOTHERS DIDN'T TELL US
by Danielle Crittenden • 1999
Feminism told women to delay marriage for careers. The biological clock was not listening.
3.71
454
WHAT OUR MOTHERS DIDN'T TELL US Summary
WHAT OUR MOTHERS DIDN'T TELL US 92%
Feminism told women to delay marriage for careers. The biological clock was not listening.
by Danielle Crittenden 1999
3.71
454 ratings
Radical Respect
by Kim Malone Scott • 2021
Bias and bullying thrive in silence. Exactly what to say and what systems to build.
3.77
2k+
Radical Respect Summary
Radical Respect 92%
Bias and bullying thrive in silence. Exactly what to say and what systems to build.
by Kim Malone Scott 2021
3.77
2k+ ratings
Mommy Burnout
by Sheryl Ziegler • 2018
A recovery plan for the exhaustion no one named: find your people before you fall apart.
3.81
1k+
Mommy Burnout Summary
Mommy Burnout 92%
A recovery plan for the exhaustion no one named: find your people before you fall apart.
by Sheryl Ziegler 2018
3.81
1k+ ratings
Machiavelli For Women
by Stacey Vanek Smith • 2021
Negotiate pay, speak up, handle difficult colleagues: Renaissance tactics for working women.
4.03
2k+
Machiavelli For Women Summary
Machiavelli For Women 92%
Negotiate pay, speak up, handle difficult colleagues: Renaissance tactics for working women.
by Stacey Vanek Smith 2021
4.03
2k+ ratings
White Feminism
by Koa Beck • 2021
Individual success or collective liberation: the choice mainstream feminism keeps getting wrong.
4.24
2k+
White Feminism Summary
White Feminism 92%
Individual success or collective liberation: the choice mainstream feminism keeps getting wrong.
by Koa Beck 2021
4.24
2k+ ratings
Work Wife
by Erica Cerulo • 2019
Your closest female friendship already contains every ingredient of a durable business.
3.77
270
Work Wife Summary
Work Wife 92%
Your closest female friendship already contains every ingredient of a durable business.
by Erica Cerulo 2019
3.77
270 ratings
You Got Anything Stronger?
by Gabrielle Union • 2021
Perimenopause made Gabrielle Union want to die. Then her daughter taught her how to live.
4.11
12k+
You Got Anything Stronger? Summary
You Got Anything Stronger? 92%
Perimenopause made Gabrielle Union want to die. Then her daughter taught her how to live.
by Gabrielle Union 2021
4.11
12k+ ratings
The Emotionally Exhausted Woman
by Nancy Colier • 2022
Your exhaustion isn't overwork. It's a lifetime of putting yourself last. The exit is learnable.
3.38
2k+
The Emotionally Exhausted Woman Summary
The Emotionally Exhausted Woman 92%
Your exhaustion isn't overwork. It's a lifetime of putting yourself last. The exit is learnable.
by Nancy Colier 2022
3.38
2k+ ratings
Invisible Women
by Caroline Criado Pérez • 2019
Crash dummies are male. Drug trials skip women. GDP ignores unpaid care. The pattern runs deep.
4.34
173k+
Invisible Women Summary
Invisible Women 92%
Crash dummies are male. Drug trials skip women. GDP ignores unpaid care. The pattern runs deep.
by Caroline Criado Pérez 2019
4.34
173k+ ratings
Remember Who You Are
by Paula Brown Stafford • 2018
Which priorities shatter and which can wait: a leadership guide for women who want both.
4.58
48
Remember Who You Are Summary
Remember Who You Are 92%
Which priorities shatter and which can wait: a leadership guide for women who want both.
by Paula Brown Stafford 2018
4.58
48 ratings
Why We Can't Sleep
by Ada Calhoun • 2020
Stalled careers, crashing hormones, aging parents: midlife ambushed Gen X women all at once.
3.69
9k+
Why We Can't Sleep Summary
Why We Can't Sleep 92%
Stalled careers, crashing hormones, aging parents: midlife ambushed Gen X women all at once.
by Ada Calhoun 2020
3.69
9k+ ratings
The Secret Thoughts of Successful Women
by Valerie Young • 2011
70% of successful women feel like frauds. The competence standards you set are stacked against you.
3.85
2k+
The Secret Thoughts of Successful Women Summary
The Secret Thoughts of Successful Women 92%
70% of successful women feel like frauds. The competence standards you set are stacked against you.
by Valerie Young 2011
3.85
2k+ ratings
Nice Girls Don't Speak Up or Stand Out
by Lois P. Frankel • 2020
Specific scripts for the conversations where being agreeable gets women overlooked at work.
3.35
250
Nice Girls Don't Speak Up or Stand Out Summary
Nice Girls Don't Speak Up or Stand Out 92%
Specific scripts for the conversations where being agreeable gets women overlooked at work.
by Lois P. Frankel 2020
3.35
250 ratings
Brave, Not Perfect
by Reshma Saujani • 2019
The perfectionism learned in girlhood is the real glass ceiling; shatter it one risk at a time.
3.86
10k+
Brave, Not Perfect Summary
Brave, Not Perfect 91%
The perfectionism learned in girlhood is the real glass ceiling; shatter it one risk at a time.
by Reshma Saujani 2019
3.86
10k+ ratings
No Explanation Required!
by Carol Sankar • 2021
Stop explaining. Stop apologizing. The word-level tools that get women heard and promoted.
3.53
38
No Explanation Required! Summary
No Explanation Required! 91%
Stop explaining. Stop apologizing. The word-level tools that get women heard and promoted.
by Carol Sankar 2021
3.53
38 ratings
Full Frontal Feminism
by Jessica Valenti • 2007
Forty percent more likely to be poor: the numbers that prove feminism isn't done with you.
3.86
8k+
Full Frontal Feminism Summary
Full Frontal Feminism 91%
Forty percent more likely to be poor: the numbers that prove feminism isn't done with you.
by Jessica Valenti 2007
3.86
8k+ ratings
Already Toast
by Kate Washington • 2021
Her husband's cancer made her an unpaid nurse. The system was counting on it.
3.92
666
Already Toast Summary
Already Toast 91%
Her husband's cancer made her an unpaid nurse. The system was counting on it.
by Kate Washington 2021
3.92
666 ratings
Rock-a-by Baby
by Verta Taylor • 1996
How postpartum depression support groups evolved into a feminist political movement.
3.67
9
Rock-a-by Baby Summary
Rock-a-by Baby 91%
How postpartum depression support groups evolved into a feminist political movement.
by Verta Taylor 1996
3.67
9 ratings
Pick Three
by Randi Zuckerberg • 2018
Stop chasing balance. Pick three things, do them well, swap tomorrow. Full life, zero guilt.
3.08
750
Pick Three Summary
Pick Three 91%
Stop chasing balance. Pick three things, do them well, swap tomorrow. Full life, zero guilt.
by Randi Zuckerberg 2018
3.08
750 ratings
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