A WIFT member drew this LinkedIn post to our attention - great ammunition for the next time someone casts doubt on your commitment or ability to combine work with having a family.
"A study pioneered by Shelley Correll, then at Cornell university, found that mothers in the workforce are rated as significantly less competent, less intelligent, and less committed than women without children; and a mother is 79% less likely to be hired, and half as likely to get promoted, when compared to an equally qualified woman without a child.
However, despite this bias, my research shows that mothering makes us better at work... Both anecdotal evidence and academic research show that women who choose to become mothers develop the capacity to outperform their former non-mom selves in their careers."