When Caroline Kennedy wanted to be considered for Hillary Clinton’s seat in the US Senate, a number of articles appeared presenting her as the icon of mid-life womanhood, returning to the workplace after years spent in the home raising children. To which I thoughtfully responded, “Huh?” A seat in the US Senate is hardly your [...]
The Stimulus Plan: Why You Should Care, What You Should Know
We face a dire economic crisis. Many of us are losing jobs, our health insurance, our homes, and watching whatever savings we had disappear. Businesses are closing, and households are under severe stress. The U.S. Congress is crafting a wholly unprecedented plan right now to minimize the devastating effect of our snowballing monetary volatility. Among [...]
A Distant Echo
Contributed by MOTHERS volunteer and guest blogger Rosanne Weston.On December 28th of 2008, The New York Times Book Review published an essay on Phyllis McGinley. OK, I can hear a resounding chorus of, “Who?” It’s not surprising. Phyllis McGinley, a poet of what was termed “light verse” focusing mainly, without irony, on the joys of [...]
Something for Everyone: Working or Not Working, The Basic Issues Are The Same
Why does MOTHERS, an organization that promotes the societal value of caregiving and protects the economic security of caregivers, concern itself so with issues arising from women in the paid labor force? It’s a good question. While noting that more mothers of young children work outside the home than don’t, we are not exclusively pro-”working [...]
Power to the Mommies!
Contributed by MOTHERS volunteer and guest blogger Kelly Coyle DiNorciaWhen my daughter was 7 months old, she and I accompanied my husband on a business trip to Miami Beach. We welcomed the opportunity to escape the cold northeast and spend a little time digging our toes in the sand and absorbing some Vitamin D. I [...]
ELVIS AND PAY EQUITY
Contributed by MOTHERS volunteer and guest blogger Rosanne Weston.When I was growing up in Brooklyn, New York, I thought that “culture” was something people either had or didn’t. In my young thinking, those folks who listened to opera and attended the ballet had it; the rest of us who loved Elvis and considered dancing on [...]
Just a Mom?
Contributed by MOTHERS volunteer and guest blogger Rosanne Weston.I’ve been reading about the anger at the so-called “momification” of Michelle Obama – the softening of all her high-powered career woman history in favor of her role as helpmeet, mother and foundation of the Obama family. It is the only incarnation of this strong woman of [...]
Creating an America that Works for Mothers & Families
Contributed by MOTHERS volunteer and guest blogger Kelly Coyle DiNorciaThis weekend I attended the DC Green Festival and had the pleasure of hearing a lecture given by Sharif Abdullah, author of Creating a World That Works for All. (Or, more accurately, I had the pleasure of seeing some of his talk – after a weekend [...]
Where Have All the Women’s Issues Gone?
Contributed by MOTHERS guest blogger Robin A. Harper, Ph.D.I held my tongue in August. I held it in September. And, I held it in October. But it’s November now and I have only one big question for the two parties, vying for my vote. Here it is: when are we going to talk about women’s [...]
Happily Ever After
Contributed by MOTHERS volunteer and guest blogger Kelly Coyle DiNorcia This morning, my three-year-old daughter, Bess, was playing dress up. On this particular day, she was Sleeping Beauty, and was searching frantically through her costume basket to find just the right crown to go with her satiny pink dress. Finally satisfied that she’s got the [...]
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