What Working Mothers Heard in Judge Jackson’s Words
Even the eminently accomplished Ketanji Brown Jackson knows the struggle of trying to balance a career and parenthood.
by Molly Jong-Fast
Mar 23, 2022
3 minutes
Amid the partisan grandstanding and enumeration of credentials in Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Supreme Court , a few lines about parenthood pierced me the most. Addressing her two daughters, seated in the audience, Jackson said: “Girls, I know it has not been easy as I have tried to navigate the challenges of juggling my career and motherhood. And I fully admit that I did not always get the balance right. But I hope that you have seen that with hard work, determination, and love, it
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