Reshma Saujani
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first heard Jul 2026
last heard 14 Jul
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So I feel like you can relate to this because I read your book and I'm so related to your story.
I think there's something about when you come from nothing, you want to build something.
And my parents were refugees.
They came here from Uganda in 1973.
Even though they were trained engineers, my mother sold cosmetics.
My father worked as a machinist in a plant.
And so I, from the youngest of possible ages, just wanted to give back.
I fell in love with this country
that had saved my parents' life.
And so for me, I think when I was young, that came out as, I'm going to be a lawyer.
You know what I mean?
I'm going to be a civil rights lawyer.
I'm going to, you know, like make the world better by conquering like racism and sexism.
And then that then led into, you know, me running for office, failing in that race, which I'm sure we'll talk about, and then building Girls Who Code and really becoming like a social entrepreneur to like solve big problems that women and girls in particular are facing.
Yeah.
So No Country for Mothers is an investigation into kind of the lies that we tell that distract and divide American moms from like getting the shit that we need, which is paid leave and childcare.
Period and all.
Period and all.
And I'm sure it's fascinating in America, right?
75% of high school valedictorians are girls.
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