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Motherhood is a greater predictor of wage inequality than gender is. It's enormous.

Anne-Marie Slaughter

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Anne-Marie Slaughter
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: September 27
Academic Administrator
Business Executive
Jurist
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Charlottesville
Virginia
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Wage
Motherhood
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