Archive | March, 2014

A Last Gasp … for Women’s History Month

By on March 31, 2014 in women in politics

I wrote this post for The Shriver Report, where it originally appeared on March 21, 2014. They have kindly given me permission to post it here in full. Here is a link to its original appearance. Everything I know about how women got the right to vote in this country began with a movie called “Iron-jawed [...]

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Brigid Schulte,”Overwhelmed”, and YOU - Part Two

By on March 24, 2014 in Childcare, Family, Mothers

Two weeks ago I posted the first part of my interview with Brigid Schulte, Washington Post reporter and author of Overwhelmed; Work, Love, and Play When No One Has the Time, her just-published study of the effect of living at warp speed and the unrealistic and unnecessary expectations of workers and parents. You can refresh your memory [...]

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Paycheck to Paycheck, The Disaster Waiting to Happen

By on March 17, 2014 in Caregiving, Childcare, economic impact family caregiving, maternal economics, Motherhood and poverty

On Monday, March 17, you can watch The Shriver Report’s new documentary “Paycheck to Paycheck: The Life and Times of Katrina Gilbert” on HBO. This film traces the daily frustrations of a single mother of three kids who works as a direct care aide in a nursing home. While the film drills down into the details [...]

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Brigid Schulte is Overwhelmed - and So Are You! Part One

By on March 10, 2014 in Bad Mother, Caregiving, Change, Children, competitive mothering

Author Brigid Schulte has a job, a house, a husband, several children, and a whole lot of stress. She’s also just written a book, available online and at your favorite bookstore, called Overwhelmed: Work, Love, and Play When No One Has the Time, about how we’ve taken on way more than we can handle, what [...]

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Women and the Arts (Women’s History Month Part I)

By on March 4, 2014 in Women Leadership, women's history

The best thing about March is the annual outpouring of information about women. This year’s rich harvest includes some terrific profiles of women’s work in photography, theater, and museum leadership. Make no mistake - new ground is being broken here, and we are still seeing many “firsts”. My own WHM observance began last week, at the National Geographic’s [...]

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