Monica Hesse, Washington Post

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Jacinda Ardern made working motherhood look real

She struggled with simultaneous mothering and governing but found ways to work around

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and partner Clarke Gayford pose with their baby daugther Neve Te Aroha Ardern Gayford outside the hospital in Auckland on June 24, 2018. Ardern, who she will resign next month, showed what it took to be a leader and a parent, and how eventually it took so much that she could not in good conscience continue doing it, not in the way she would have liked.

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