Brothers & Sisters: Moms & Daughters Juggling Work and Family
An honors graduate from the Wharton School of Business, she was recently promoted to the post of president at her newly-deceased father's company. She's married and has two young children and a teenaged step-son. Her husband's an at-home dad. She lives in a nice house and has plenty of family around to babysit. For free. more
Mommy Track: Origin of the Phrase.
Eighteen years ago, a self-described feminist and president of a non-profit group which advocated for women in corporate America, wrote a piece for the Harvard Business Review that would turn her world upside-down. In her article Felice N. Schwartz told elite business readers that if they wanted to stop losing talented and bright female employees in whom they'd invested time and money, they needed to start creating a more family-friendly workplace, one which provided mothers (and fathers) with options.
What Does Mommy Tracked Mean To You?
Over the past few weeks there's been some sniping aimed at Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton because she's been talking a lot about being a mom, that plus the fact that while recently sitting on the sofa with the ladies from "The View," she mentioned that the United States has never had a mother as a commander-in-chief. The first female speaker of the House, U.S. Rep. Nancy Pelosi, has also been chastised for loudly championing her background as a mother and a former at-home parent who launched her political career when her youngest was in school.
What About Brian: Portrait of a New Working Woman
Judging by its title, you might think that the ABC drama "What About Brian" is simply about a scruffy, thirtysomething surfer dude who just can't quite figure out what to do with his life. But you'd be wrong.