Working women alternately cheered and recoiled in July when Marissa Mayer took the helm of struggling tech titan Yahoo. On the one hand, they saw the former Google executive as a savvy role model. On the other, they were skeptical — even sad — when she announced that she would take a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it maternity leave. With all eyes watching her, Mayer is carrying a heavy load, which at least one expert finds unfortunate. Says Ellen Galinsky, president of the Families and Work Institute: “She should not have to become the symbol of her generation.”
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