Myra Strober – author of Sharing the Work

Myra Strober became a feminist on the Bay Bridge, heading toward San Francisco. It is 1970. She has just been told by the chairman of Berkeley’s economics department that she can never get tenure. She is being denied a regular faculty position because she is a mother. Flooded with anger, she finds her life’s work: to study and fight sexism, in the workplace, in academia, and at home…read more

“The memoir of a woman who has learned that “having it all” is only possible by “sharing it all,” from finding a partner who values your work as much as you do to fighting for family friendly policies.”

—GLORIA STEINEM
“A page-turner, a home run! It should be required reading in business, law, and all of the social sciences.”

—IRMA HERRERA, playwright, solo performer, and former Executive Director, Equal Rights Advocates, San Francisco
“Skilled storytelling of the extraordinary challenges she faced as an early and unique female pioneer, overcoming societal and institutional challenges at every turn.”

—EVA SAGE-GAVIN, Vice Chairman, Skills for America’s Future, Aspen Institute; former Executive Vice President, Human Resources and Corporate Affairs, Gap Inc.
“In this beautifully written book, Myra Strober deftly combines her personal story with the changes in women’s lives during the last part of the twentieth century.”

—LOTTE BAILYN, T Wilson (1953) Professor of Management, MIT Sloan School
“Strober’s beautiful memoir effectively dramatizes the fraught interactions between personal and professional success. We can all learn from her story.”

—NANCY FOLBRE, Professor of Economics, Emerita, at University of Massachusetts, Amherst
“Myra’s memoir can inspire us all.”

—JOHN DONAHOE, Former CEO of eBay, Chair of the Board of Paypal

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