New Answers to the Mommy Track
Shattering Old Myths & Cracking Glass Ceilings
RELEASING IN 2013
by Trudi Ferguson, Ph.D.
In the highly competitive employment market of today, women are seeking out and, many times, reaching executive positions which previous generations could only dream. At the same time, they face internal pressures and external prejudices which force them to often make crucial decisions between career and family.
In 1990, author Trudi Ferguson, Ph.D., (working in tandem with Dr. Joan S. Dunphy) set out to survey high achieving mothers who, while on the fast track, strived to maintain happy and balanced lives while finding success in their careers. In-depth interviews with such notable figures as retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, former Governor of Vermont Madeline Kunin, Congresswoman Barbara Boxer, astronaut Ana Fisher and former Vice President of General Motors Martina Whitman provided insights on what it is like to have a family and compete at full potential at the same time.
Now, in honor of the book’s twentieth anniversary, Dr. Ferguson collects new input from women originally featured in the first edition as well as a whole new generation of twenty-first century moms who are succeeding in an even tougher and more competitive job market.
Among the new entries include interviews with women who hold high positions in Xerox, Mattel Toys, Frito Lay and Fox Sports, all of whom offer a great deal of insight into the rapid changes taking place as mothers scale the heights of businesses and professions.
Trudi Ferguson’s groundbreaking research on successful women in business has been published in major newspapers and magazines across America. She is a fellow of the Center for Applied Behavioral Science and teaches at the Unviersity of Southern California. She received her Ph.D. from the Unviersity of California.
