Mary Ann
Journalist, author, non-executive director, broadcaster

Sieghart

“Deeply researched, profoundly thoughtful and a book very much for the here and now: Mary Ann Sieghart’s The Authority Gap is the book she was probably born to write. It is both a warning tract for bombastic, dismissive men, and a cheerful manual for all ambitious women.”– Andrew Marr
The Authority Gap provides a startling perspective on the unseen bias at work in our everyday lives, to reveal the scale of the gap that still persists between men and women. Marshalling a wealth of data with precision and insight, and including interviews with pioneering women such as Baroness Hale, Mary Beard and Bernadine Evaristo, this is a fresh feminist take on how to address and counteract systemic sexism in ways that benefit us all.
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"Profoundly thoughtful."
Andrew Marr
"Hugely exciting."
Emily Maitlis
"A brilliant manifesto."
Philippa Perry
"You have to read this."
Daniel Finkelstein
27-29 May 2023
Talking about The Authority Gap and chairing debates
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Talking about The Authority Gap and gendered emotions with Pragya Agarwal and Adam Rutherford
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Talking about The Authority Gap and violence against women with Harriet Johnson
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