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Mar 2023
24m 13s

Why I Was Forced to Hide My Pregnancy

Alex Cooper
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Women are often forced to believe they have to choose between their career and motherhood and are told that they can’t have both. Allyson Felix, the most decorated female track and field olympian of all time, joins Call Her Daddy to share her story and explain that you CAN have both. Allyson opens up about the discrimination she faced as a woman in sports and how she used her voice to speak up and enact real change.

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