AUTHOR WATCH: Morning Joe co-host/firecracker Mika Brzezinski

Morning Joe co-host Mika Brzezinski says women have a long way to go before work-world equality can truly be achieved.

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AUTHOR WATCH: Morning Joe co-host/firecracker Mika Brzezinski

POSTED: Thursday, May 19, 2011, 4:00 PM

In the '50s, most women were all about pearls and polka-dots. Not so much these days: Educated women are working shoulder-to-shoulder with men in offices, courtrooms and hospitals across the country.

But according to MSNBC’s Mika Brzezinski, women have a long way to go before work-world equality can truly be achieved. At an event presented by the World Affairs Council of Philadelphia, the Morning Joe co-host will read from her new book, inspired by her own experiences, Knowing Your Value: Women, Money and Getting What You're Worth.

In addition to anecdotes from Brzezinski herself, she'll read interviews with women from various industries across the country — including familiar names such as Nora Ephron and Joy Behar — who contribute examples of finding success and navigating a sometimes-sexist world. Men, too, are a crucial part of Brzezinski's investigation; for her book she spoke with Donald Trump and other big-time businessmen.

Like a 21st-century Rosie the Riveter, Brzezinski sends out a call for action: Working women, let's finally shatter the glass ceiling.

Mika Brzezinski reads from Knowing Your Value Fri., May 20, 4 p.m., $10-$90, Loews Philadelphia Hotel, 1200 Market St., 215-561-4700.

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