FEARLESS: After Experiencing Unpaid Maternity Leave, I Vowed to Establish Better Policy for Others

Hannah Inman, CEO for the Great Outdoors Foundation, offers guest commentary for the Business Record’s FEARLESS.

I remember vividly when I found out that I’d be adding mom to my list of other roles — wife, daughter, sister, employee, friend. Of course, I was elated. But once the excitement and butterflies settled down, the practical side of being a working mother kicked in. My focus couldn’t merely be on daydreaming about names for our little one or how I wanted to decorate the nursery. It had to be locked in on determining financial, health, career and child care implications because soon I’d be delivering a baby, with no paid maternity leave available after my birth.

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