Working Women

Lessons From Data About Depression In Stay-At-Home-Moms

Lisa Belkin | Posted 05.18.2012

Read More: Poverty, Working Mothers, Mothers and Depression, Parentry, Gallup Poll, Working Women, Depression and Poverty, Mothers and Happiness, Stay at Home Moms, Employed Women, Parents News

There’s a new study out today showing that mothers who stay home with children are more likely to be depressed and angry than mothers who are employ...

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Gena Bigler: Practicing the Art of Financial Social Work

Don McNay | Posted 05.18.2012

Read More: Working Mothers, Working Women, Gena Bigler, Personal Finance, Social Work, Financial Social Work, Impact News
Don McNay

Mostly, Gena has unqualified love for the less fortunate. Although she has written letters and organized protests, what she really does well is use the tools of the financial world to help people better themselves. She calls the concept "financial social work."

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What's Really Standing In The Way Of Women's Career Advancement

The Huffington Post | Emma Gray | Posted 05.17.2012

Read More: Career & Money, Women in the Workplace, Office Discrimination, Career Advancement, Women Career Advancement, How Marriage Impacts Career, Women at Work, Women Workplace, Working Women, Women Sponsorship, Men Marital Structure, Marital Structure, Discrimination in the Workplace, Discrimination Against Women, Sex Discrimination Workplace, Women and Workplace, Job Discrimination, Women News

Even as this year’s Fortune 500 list included a record number of female CEOs, and urban, single women in their 20s are out-earning their male peers,...

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Why Women Slackers Are More Productive at Work

Dr. Sasha Galbraith | Posted 05.15.2012

Read More: Female CEOs, Female Leadership, Work Hours, Happiness at Work, Work, Books, Work Satisfaction, Compensation, Business, Slackers, Best Buy, Women at Work, Working Women, Female Productivity, Business News
Dr. Sasha Galbraith

In an ideal world, companies would pay for performance and performance usually equals outcomes -- not hours worked. Who's to say that when you're sitting at your desk in your office you're actually doing meaningful work?

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Continuing the Commitment to Working Mothers and Families

Debra L. Ness | Posted 05.14.2012

Read More: Workplace Equality, Pregnancy Discrimination, Paycheck Fairness Act, Paid Sick Days, Paid Leave, Fair Pay, Congress, Working Women, Mothers Day, Rebuild America Act, Healthy Families Act, Wage Discrimination, Equal Pay, Women News
Debra L. Ness

The sad truth is that becoming a mother in this country too often means the loss of a job and/or the beginning of financial hardship.

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Are You There, Chef? It's Me, Menopause

Gillian Clark | Posted 05.03.2012

Read More: Hot Flashes, Chefs, Menopause Symptoms, Cooking, Menopause, Aging Women, Women Aging, Women Chefs, Working Women, Women in Business, DC News
Gillian Clark

I'm pushing 50 now and Mother Nature is about done with me. It's Father Time's turn and he is determined to make a man out of me.

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A Major Career Woman? Rethinking Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day

Sarah Damaske | Posted 04.30.2012

Read More: Working Women, Paycheck Fairness Act, Working Class, Middle Class, Women in the Workforce, Take Your Daughter to Work Day, Gender Wage Gap, Business News
Sarah Damaske

If we want Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day to benefit all of our children, additional focus must be placed on girls growing up in working-class families. These girls are the ones who might benefit most.

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Women are Wimps

Morra Aarons-Mele | Posted 04.30.2012

Read More: Workplace Flexibilty, Meet the Press, Working Mother, Alex Castellanos, Flexible Work, War on Women, Lilly Ledbetter, Rachel Maddow, Gop, Family Leave, Women's Rights, Equality, Working Women, Equal Pay, Equal Rights, Women in Business, Politics News
Morra Aarons-Mele

Is the GOP saying that women should expect to earn less because they default to parenting over work? Is this the party line? Because I know a lot of pretty ambitious Republican women who would disagree.

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You Can't See the Future From the Man-Cave

Faith Popcorn | Posted 04.29.2012

Read More: Working Women, Women in the Workforce, Gender Equality, Women in Male Dominated Professions, Man Cave, Male Dominated Society, Business News
Faith Popcorn

The most successful companies -- both in terms of their culture and their ability to grow in the marketplace -- will be those that recognize the unprecedented and unstoppable power of women. Caves are places to hibernate. It's time to wake up.

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Mommy Wars: An Attempt to Disenfranchise Women

Anika Rahman | Posted 04.26.2012

Read More: Working Women, Gender Gap, Women's Rights, Maternity Leave, Mommy Wars, Abortion, Hilary Rosen, Ann Romney, Women and Poverty, Female Vote, Scott Walker, Election 2012, Terry England, Politics News
Anika Rahman

In this election year, women are being thrust into the political debate and openly attacked as if we were a single hot-button issue like gun rights or fracking.

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What Women Now Value More Than Men

Posted 04.19.2012

Read More: Career & Money, Career Women, Pew Report, Kristina Durante, Pew Research Center, Women Value Career Success More Than Men, Working Women, Women and Work, Women News

We knew that young women in some areas of the U.S. were outearning their male peers, but new data suggests that career success is a higher priority fo...

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Read My Pins: The Madeline Albright Collection

Tracy Shaffer | Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: Secretary of State, War on Women, Denver News, Working Mothers, Working Women, Denver Around Town, Madeline Albright, Denver Art Museum, Stay at Home Mothers, Denver, Denver Art Museum Madeline Albright, Read My Pins: The Madeline Albright Collection, Denver News
Tracy Shaffer

A well-placed brooch became not only Ms. Albright's fashion signature, but a silent signal to her host about what she expected from their meeting. "Read My Pins: The Madeline Albright Collection" is on view at the Denver Art Museum.

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Mommy War Madness

Toni Nagy | Posted 04.17.2012

Read More: Women, Education, Parenting Tips, Working Mothers, Mommy Wars, Attachment Parenting, Working Women, Motherhood, Co-Sleeping, Parenting, Feminism, Parenting Advice, Stay at Home Mothers, Parents News
Toni Nagy

You can be the most sacrificing altruistic mother in the world and your child will resent you for making them your world and never teaching them empathy because you always hid your pain.

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Is It Over Already? The Debate About Women and Work Lasted Less Than a Week

Ann O'Leary | Posted 04.17.2012

Read More: Working Women, Rick Santorum, Social Security, Single Parents, Working Mothers, Politics News
Ann O'Leary

It's time to stop talking about who cares more about mothers and start putting policies in place that value women's work, no matter where it's carried out.

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Equal Pay Day: In the Wake of the So-Called "Mommy Wars" Renewal and Partisan Attacks on Equal Pay Bills

Sarah Damaske | Posted 04.17.2012

Read More: Working Women, Caregiving, Equal Pay, Gender-Equality-in-the-Workplace, Gender Pay Gap, Business News
Sarah Damaske

Calling this past week's maelstrom a renewal of the "mommy wars" dodges the real issue: Caregiving, whether done unpaid in the home or for pay outside of it, is not particularly valued in this country and women (whether in the labor market or not) suffer the brunt of this.

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The Working Years

Jonathan Richards | Posted 04.16.2012

Read More: Working Women, Mitt Romney, Ann Romney, 2008 Presidential Race, Republicans, Politics News
Jonathan Richards

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Ann Or Hilary: Either Way, Motherhood Is a Dismal Financial Decision for American Women

Soraya Chemaly | Posted 04.13.2012

Read More: Hilary Rosen, Ann Romney, Working Mothers, Pay Equity, Reproductive Freedom, The Price of Motherhood, Blunt Amendment, Reproductive Rights, Planned Parenthood, Working Women, Gender Gap, Class Warfare, Reproductive Justice, Gender Pay Inequality, Women in the Workforce, Gender Inequality, Gender Pay Gap, Fair Pay Act, Stay at Home Mom, Business News
Soraya Chemaly

What I am not hearing anyone say loudly and clearly in this Rosen/Romney snafu is that women's ability -- not desire or choice -- to take part in the economy is based on her freedom to make reproductive decisions.

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In a Roller-Coaster Election, the Amusement-Park Vote Matters

Matthew Dowd | Posted 04.11.2012

Read More: Elections 2012, Mitt Romney, 2012 Election, Virginia, Swing States, Barack Obama, Women Voters, Ohio, Working Women, Florida, Politics News
Matthew Dowd

Do you want a road map to the general election for Mitt Romney and President Obama? Think amusement parks and summer fun -- and specifically think Disney World, Cedar Point, and Kings Dominion.

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What Megan From 'Mad Men' Tells Us About Being 'Wife Material

Salon | Posted 03.27.2012

Read More: Mad Men, Working Women, Women in the Workplace, Wife Material, Wives, Gender Politics, Sexism, Women News

During a long train ride with an acquaintance, my female friend was recently paid the ultimate compliment by a friend. Comparing her to a woman he was...

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3 Reasons Why Latinas Are Leaving Corporate America and Becoming Entrepreneurs

Placida V. Gallegos | Posted 05.27.2012

Read More: Women in the Workplace, Working Women, Latinas, Working Latinas, Latino Prosperity, Women Entrepreneurs, Latino Voices News
Placida V. Gallegos

Latinas are also risk-takers, willing to take calculated risks to explore possible avenues for greater fulfillment and financial and personal success. Having overcome barriers they faced as women in a patriarchal culture, many have learned how to thrive in foreign environments and make a way for ourselves.

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What More And More Educated Women Are Doing

Posted 03.09.2012

Read More: Working Women, Stay at Home Dads, Women and Work, Stay at Home Mothers, Educated-Women, Career Change, Top-Earners, Video, Women News

Tiziana Barghini | Reuters (Reuters) - Susanna Mancini cherishes a photo of herself at 27: a smiling face behind a pair of dark sunglasses. O...

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Working at Home, With Children

Georgia Collins | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Working From Home, Working Parents, Working Mothers, Working Women, Work From Home Moms, Women in Business, Parenting, Work From Home, Working Moms, Parents, Dads, Work From Home Dads, Work at Home Dads, Moms, Mothers, Fathers, Parents News
Georgia Collins

Whether you work from home on occasion, once a week or full-time, doing so successfully is not as simple as just being there. Herewith, five tips for the working parent who wants to make working from home work.

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Latina Leadership: How Far Have We Come, How Much Further Do We Have to Go?

Placida V. Gallegos | Posted 04.30.2012

Read More: Machismo, Latino Sexism, Latino Working Class, Latino Prosperity, Latina Women, Working Women, Racism, Sexism, Latino Voices News
Placida V. Gallegos

Much has changed since the late sixties. Unfortunately, much has not changed. Latinas were then and continue to be underrepresented in leadership positions in all institutions and sectors

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Why Pregnant Women are Forced to Carry an Extra Load in the Workforce

Joan Williams | Posted 04.28.2012

Read More: Working Women, Motherhood, Pregnancy, Discrimination, Gender Discrimination, Working Mothers, Eeoc, Medical Conditions, Women News
Joan Williams

Discrimination against pregnant women is finally beginning to get the national attention it deserves.

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POLL: What Are You Doing On Your Extra Day This Year?

Posted 02.24.2012

Read More: Marlo Thomas, Working Women, Poll, Leap Year, Women News

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