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# "Why Women Still Can't Have it All" Author Gets Book Deal
- URL: https://ivn.us/why-women-still-cant-have-it-all-author-gets-book-deal/
- Published: 2012-07-17T19:49:32.000Z
- Updated: 2026-06-22T19:27:46.000Z
- Author: Kymberly Bays
- Tags: News

Anne-Marie Slaughter, author of recent cover article in The Atlantic, "[Why Women Still Can't Have it All](Anne-Marie Slaughter, a Princeton professor who is a former high-ranking State Department official, has made a deal with Random House for a book that will “further elaborate the issues raised in the Atlantic article, and will provide a blueprint for action in the personal, professional, and public sphere,” the publisher said in a statement.)", has landed a book deal, according to the [New York Times](http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/07/17/professor-who-revived-debate-on-lives-of-working-women-is-writing-a-book/?ref=ivn.us). Slaughter's article went viral, spawned countless responses and ushered the work-life balance of working mothers back into the spotlight.

As the [Times](http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/07/17/professor-who-revived-debate-on-lives-of-working-women-is-writing-a-book/?ref=ivn.us) reports:

> *Anne-Marie Slaughter, a Princeton professor who is a former high-ranking State Department official, has made a deal with Random House for a book that will “further elaborate the issues raised in the Atlantic article, and will provide a blueprint for action in the personal, professional, and public sphere,” the publisher said in a statement.*

We recently offered our [own take on the ensuing debate](https://ivn.us/2012/07/04/women-in-the-workplace-a-call-for-change/) with a look at specific policy changes that may make a difference in the 21st century workplace.